re: #554 lawhawk

I wouldn’t be surprised if they removed a decimal point, and that it was really $63.4 million, and not $634 million.

All the programmers for these government projects are typically contractors. A contract programmer makes about $45-$65/hr (depending on location and skill set) but the contracting agency charges much more, like $175-$250/hr for the contractor. That’s how we got the discrepancy between how much Ed Snowden claimed he was paid and how much he was actually paid.

Oh yeah, and…

All those contractors who were supposed to provide tech support for the website, were laid off due to the shutdown.