An Underfunded and Depleted Bureaucracy Hampers US Relief Efforts

White House, GOP face heat after hotel and restaurant chains helped run small-business program dry
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/20/white-house-gop-face-heat-after-hotel-restaurant-chains-helped-run-small-business-program-dry/

Stimulus checks and other relief hindered by 1960s technology and rocky rollout

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/17/stimulus-unemployment-checks-delays-government-delays/

Floridians upset as unemployment system melts down

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/15/florida-unemployment-system-coronavirus-applications

Small-business program intended for quick grants is running weeks behind

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/15/another-sba-program-is-severely-backlogged-running-low-funds/

Trump keeps hiring and firing. No wonder the pandemic response is such a mess.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/10/trump-keeps-hiring-firing-no-wonder-pandemic-response-is-such-mess/

An Ancient Computer Language Is Slowing America’s Giant Stimulus

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-13/an-ancient-computer-language-is-slowing-america-s-giant-stimulus

How archaic computer systems are holding back the coronavirus rescue effort

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-covid-19-pandemic-has-revealed-another-area-of-critical-government-underinvestment/2020/04/13/9757d534-7dc5-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html 

Related:
https://vivekjayakumar.blogspot.com/2020/03/state-capacity-matters.html