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Citation: Despite exchange problems, Kitzhaber defends Oregon's coverage expansion Fiorina: Published: Januar !! at !!:"# $% PD& b 'ic( )udnic(, *taff +riter, &he Oregonian, Whats going on&his article reports that Oregon .overnor Kizhaber during a speech on October ! /#!0 to a room full of health care administrators that Oregon's health exchange 1ebsite 1as released 1ith zero problems, &his 1as not true and Kizhaber had to explain that he 1as ignorant of the problems, 1hich 1as an embarrassing situation, 2eporter 'ic( )udnic( 1rites that the 3over Oregon 1ebsite has cost tax pa ers over 4# million dollars and still does not 1or( properl , three months after the deadline, $dministrators sa the 1ill give the current people 1or(ing until %arch to fix the problems, $fter %arch, the 1ill fire the team and loo( for other options, Interesting: &he article reports that some of the problems have been from bad communication in getting information from top managers, $fter he admitted being ignorant about the pro5ect, Kizhaber others should accept blame too, including members on the board of directors of 3over Oregon, 3over Oregon is a publicl funded private corporation created to manage the health care shift, )ruce .oldberg currentl sits as chief of 3over Oregon, 6e states publicl in the article that he 1as not a1are of the extent of the technological problems 1ith getting the site 1or(ing, 2ight no1, the 7& staff in charge of the 1ebsite are speciall programming an exchange server site run 1ith Oracle technolog , Other options have been mentioned as alternatives as 1ell, &here is the option that the site could 5oin another state's functioning version and 5ust expand hard1are capacit 1ith minimal ad5ustments to the interface, .oldberg is reported as naming Deloitte,a healthcare exchange consulting firm that has been hired to overloo( the completion of the pro5ect, &he Department of Justice is see(ing accountabilit for the failed operation, DOJ 1ith 3over Oregon has secured counsel 1ith a Portland la1 firm 1ith a retainer of up to 8/9#,### to advise DOJ and 3over Oregon in a running contract dispute 1ith Oracle * stems, &he governor's office has hired First Data 3orp, 1ith a retainer fee of //:,### to document ho1 the exchange pro5ect 1ent 1rong, &his ne1s article reports that some of the ;uestions the governor see(s ans1ers to are relativel minor or simplistic, such as <+ho 1as in charge of this 1ebsite pro5ect,=As co !etitor what would you do"

$s a competitor 1ith Oracle in gaining healthcare exchange contracts, 7 1ould prepare m sales force and pro5ect representatives out aggressivel across the countr , 7 1ould start in states or areas 1here relationships 1ere alread built, 7 1ould loo( for the states 1ho had not secured long term relationship contracts et in some operations, 7 1ould emphasize personal relationship building 1ith face>to>face meetings, &his ma re;uire placing special representatives and board members in state capitals so the could interact 1ith politicians in social settings or benefits, Internal in#ol#e ent: 7f 7 1ere .oldberg 1ho is head of the ne1 pro5ect, 7 1ould ta(e extra time to actuall become involved first hand 1ith the 5ob and to see it through to completion, 7t sounds li(e man people li(e the .overnor and ma be even .oldberg are not reall spending much time on the floor 1ith this pro5ect, &he are spending hundreds of thousands of cit mone for consultants to do a 5ob that the or their staff should alread (no1, .oldberg should step in and oversee the consulting firms' documentation, 6e should see if he can eliminate futher 9##,### 1aste from consulting and legal fees if possible, $ better 1a to spend the mone instead could be if he 1ould use the mone to create a special staff or an executive team, &hese 1ould be top 7& officials ?internal hires if possible@ 1ho can carr the pro5ect to completion and commit a minimum of / ears running the pro5ect to ma(e sure it gets going right, Connection: 3hapter 4 describes 1hat seems li(e it is missing in 3are Oregon, 7t sa s that <&he executive sponsor should be committed to use his or her influence to ensure the health of the pro5ect,=?/!"@, 7 thin( this might not have been the case in 3are Oregon, $uestion: +as 3are Oregon doomed to fail from the start-