Wow. @Microsoft explicitly and proudly supporting ICE is shocking. I know they have a long history of government contracting, and this was probably so natural to their sales department that nobody thought twice, but I expected leadership to know better than this.https://twitter.com/gleemie/status/1008551405743890432 …
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Specifically, I would have expected senior leadership to have discussed the implications of assistance to Trump back in early 2016, and clearly identified red lines - with ICE (and likely all of DHS) being one of them.
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One more thing: there are only three major open cloud providers. Using these gives you access to the widest possible range of tools and support. The other two are Amazon and Google, and neither is taking this contract AFAIK.
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So there's not even an argument of "if we don't do it, someone else will." (Always a very fishy argument) They are providing ICE with technology they could otherwise not acquire without much more labor and expense.
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"much more labor and expertise" isn't a barrier once the government wants a thing badly enough
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"If we don't build it, someone else will" is only a fallacious argument at the start of an effort. It's a truism once the contracting office gets involved
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Time is a nontrivial element, though. If they're trying to ramp up imprisonments, etc, by 2-3x/year, this could make a major difference.
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That's the one factor that's real. Ultimately what ends up being delivered is a late tool for the next administration that feels compelled to use it.
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Or more likely it gets completed but priorities shift so it's just a waste of cash. NSEERS is a really great case study on this.
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