The D.O.G.E. Team should not be allowed near a keyboard even to check email or apply for a job. What a steaming kettle of excrement this incompetence squared outfit is. Their latest F-UP (that I’m aware of) has to do with migrating FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) website to a new “portal” connected to Login.gov.
For real IT professionals, once that actually went to college to learn the process and who won’t allow Agile anywhere near a project that actually matters, this would have been a cake walk. Yeah, a lot of work, but we know how to properly develop software and most importantly we know how to properly run a project!
Keep in mind this is after D.O.G.E. Team switched the IRS to the catastrophe that is ID.me. Neither the IRS nor the Federal Government own any of that data. It uses Cloudflare and Cloudflare has a long history go going down.
Incompetence Squared
Yes, note the date in bold. That’s the actual letter which was sent out. Guess what? On the 14th the site was down. Today is the morning of the 18th and it is still not functional. Real IT professionals don’t send a letter out, especially in the era of email until the site is up and functional. That is how professional software development works. The incompetent D.O.G.E. Team cannot bother with proper project management or professionalism.
Oh It Gets Better!
Who the (*&)(*& puts a QR scan code (second most insecure thing ever invented this side of an iMbecile phone) in a website where desktop browser, keyboard, and mouse will be in use. This is for trucking companies. They aren’t trying to run their business from an iMbecile phone because, with all of the stuff we have to fill out, the iMbecile phones time out. With all of the typing you have to do to file the required registration paperwork every so often, the little glass tappy-tappy with the thumbs can’t possibly get it done.
Most of you don’t own/run a trucking company. Consider trying to file a full length (not EZ) form 1040 with Schedule A (itemized deductions) and Schedule C (business income) and a depreciation schedule (I forget that form number) all with the tiny screen and thumb tappy-tappy of an iMbecile phone. Everybody has to file taxes so unless you’re dumping a box of receipts off at an accountant’s office and saying “Here, you figure it out” y’all know what a bitch tax filing would be.
We are Still Not Done!
If you expand the image with the QR code you will see one of the links is for the Enrollment Center to verifiy your identity. I should have also taking screen shots of the official PDF for signing up because these screens don’t match shit!
Again, proper IT project management has the site going live then the technical writer creates a PDF and at least two other people not involved in the development walk through the PDF, making certain the steps actually work, before you publish it. This is a brand new site. There is absolutely no reason to phi-slamma-jamma the project. Nobody knows the site exists. You have the time to do it right, but, you would have to be a professional to understand that.
Oh, the trail of tears continues
Yeppers, there was a “use the camera on this device” link. Like that gallon of milk in the fridge that is two weeks out of date, I just had to check it.
Barcode for the Camera App
Yes, the D.O.G.E. Team went to Olympic levels with their incompetence. These people should never get a tech job again. We need to find out their identities and blacklist them everywhere.
Honestly, what genetic misfit signed off on this design? I thought only Donald Trump was this stupid.
Summary
There was absolutely no reason to F-this-Up in such a biblical fashion. The existing site had worked for years. Companies had adapted to printing out PDF files, filing them out, scanning, and uploading. Been doing it for years. I’ve had a Login.gov account for years. Had to get one to do things with the IRS, then D.O.G.E. Team brought in the ID.me debacle for the IRS. My point is Login.gov linking to other government entities is a known process. There should be ample documentation for this. You just have to actually read the documentation instead of Agile hacking on the fly.
The D.O.G.E. Team needs to be run completely out of IT. They need to look forward to lengthy careers cleaning toilets and stocking shelves at Walmart. Incompetence Squared cannot be tolerated.
