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We thought we would be
auxiliary support for an existing procurement
team that just needed to be expanded
as quickly as possible and we would, you know,
do data entry for contracts. And instead, we were the team. I think when people imagined
the federal government response in the war room, they thought
it would be this big, you know, energized
group of experts, not ten 20-year-old volunteers
all just with private laptops
auxiliary support for an existing procurement
team that just needed to be expanded
as quickly as possible and we would, you know,
do data entry for contracts. And instead, we were the team. I think when people imagined
the federal government response in the war room, they thought
it would be this big, you know, energized
group of experts, not ten 20-year-old volunteers
all just with private laptops
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We thought we would be
auxiliary support
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for an existing procurement
team that just needed
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to be expanded
as quickly as possible
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and we would, you know,
do data entry for contracts.
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And instead, we were the team.
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I think when people imagined
the federal government response
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in the war room, they thought
it would be this big,
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you know, energized
group of experts,
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not ten 20-year-old volunteers
all just with private laptops.
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Movie Summary
An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.