Good Morning, Baker, and Thank you.
Took a look at a CM retweet notabled next door
https://mobile.twitter.com/PioyCOLX/status/1335693154884923392 (https://archive.vn/eI0vE)
Looked in USAspending.gov for Electionet - a name mentioned in the tweet thread. Nadda. However, I did find Skytl and a new name: Vexcel.
In 2010, Scytl was contracted by the DoD to provide WIZARD SUPPORT SERVICES TO ASSIST FOREIGN VOTES TO REGISTER AND REQUEST BALLOTS (copy pasta all Caps) in an IDV - Indefinite Delivery Vehicle, Blanket Purchase Agreement - type contract in the following states: Nebraska, South Carolina, New York, Indiana and Washington State. To the tune of approximately $800K. These are online voting systems. For contract period:
Start Date Apr 23, 2010
Ordering Period End Date Jan 31, 2011
In what is surely a mistake (/s), the address for this specific contract does NOT match the recipient award page. The contract address is actually a single family home in Virginia which shows up in a yellow pages ad (unknown date) as Election Systems Aquisition while the recipient profile lists an address in Florida - 5426 Bay Center Drive, Tampa. UPDATE (2012) from https://archive.vn/PmA6i : "Scytl has emerged as the most mysterious election counting company in this presidential election. Scytl claims to have a Scytl USA division located in Glen Allen, Virginia. … The land deed records show that the ownership of the property at that address is Hugh Gallagher, now listed as the managing director of Scytl USA. The deed, which was prepared in Ohio by a relocation firm in 2002, pre-dates the creation of Scytl USA. UPDATE #2 Hugh J. Gallagher, Managing Director Election Systems Acquisition & Management Services (ESAMS) testimony before the Committee on House Administration Election Subcommittee Hearing on Election Reform March 15, 2007 : https://www.electioncenter.org/Testimony/Open%20Source%20Code%20Testimony_Hugh%20Gallagher.pdf (https://archive.vn/fNus5). He argues for the Election Assistance Commission and the NIST to be the clearing houses for all election software and is adamant against open source election software.
Vexcel: Oh Good. A subsidiary of Microsoft. And, like Scytl, they were contracted by the DoD to provide WIZARD SUPPORT SERVICES TO ASSIST FOREIGN VOTES TO REGISTER AND REQUEST BALLOTS - Indefinite Delivery Vehicle, Blanket Purchase Agreement - type contract in the following states: Tennessee, Colorado, Arkansas, Idaho, West Virginia and Delaware. To the tune of approximately $490k. These are also online voting systems. For contract period:
Start Date Apr 23, 2010
Ordering Period End Date Jan 31, 2011
Intrasting thing about Vexcel is that the contract designates them as a Federally Funded Research and Development Corporation; their recipient profile does not. For all FYs, Vexcel has rec'd over $13M from the USG, the majority being paid in 2012 ($5.3 M). So the USG pays them for R&D and then pays them again for contracts. Nice work if you can get it. From the Vexcel website: Vexcel, a Microsoft subsidiary acting as a separate legal entity, extends and enhances Microsoft products and services by providing customers with end-to-end solutions including cloud, hardware, software, and services. What could possibly go wrong in any Microsoft system? Even better, what could possibly go wrong in any Microsoft/Voting System?
Scytl Virginia: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_HQ056610A0005_9700
Scytl recipient profile: https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/6701b7ae-fa1a-120a-d353-8c1b00b23b02-C/all
Vexcel contract showing R&D designation: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_HQ056610A0006_9700
Vexcel recipient profile: https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/393152bb-e826-6891-7dfd-309bd00ce232-C/all
https://www.yellowpages.com/glen-allen-va/mip/election-systems-acquisition-26687182
https://scytl.us/
https://www.vexcel.com/
>>19548 Been like that most of the morning. Freaky here two. Even last 50 not wurkin' so guud.