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In reply to the discussion: Library of Congress blames "coding error" for missing sections of online Constitution [View all]BumRushDaShow
(158,702 posts)30. These federal websites are generally done by contractors
who are given task orders written up by the COTRs overseeing the contract, and executed by Contract Officers, with descriptions of any changes/updates that need to be done. The contractors generally use some kind of CMS to do this so it's plug and play.
The COTR is *supposed to* review/approve the changes of the revised page(s) (usually looking at it on a "development/test" instance) BEFORE it is transferred to the "live/production" instance for publication.
So claiming some kind of "coding error" is a bullshit excuse.
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Library of Congress blames "coding error" for missing sections of online Constitution [View all]
pnwmom
Aug 6
OP
I was gonna ask how many times has this error occurred before this adm but I'm guessing, never
Deuxcents
Aug 6
#1
Yep. They wanted to see how quickly people would spot it, and how much they'd object.
highplainsdem
Aug 6
#8
Not a coding error. It's a feature from DOGE allowing remote editing of the Constitution.
Ford_Prefect
Aug 6
#11
Would it make sense for a coding error to happen to a fixed document on a site that hasn't been updated? nt
pnwmom
Aug 6
#18
But why would they need to change any of the code for a document that hasn't changed?
pnwmom
Aug 6
#23
No worries. The current NAZI regime is deleting the entire Constitution as we speak.
AZ8theist
Aug 7
#25
What a load of gobbledy-gook-- just technical nonsense. I can't tell if you are serious or not.
LymphocyteLover
Aug 8
#40