House GOP Watchdog Subpoenas Leader Of The Healthcare.Gov Fix

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued a subpoena for all correspondence between government officials and the contractor picked to lead the repair process for the government’s troubled online health insurance marketplace.

Chairman Issa also demanded the contract between Quality Software Services, or QSSI, and the Health and Human Services Department along with the total value of government payments the contractor has received for building and repairing Healthcare.gov. Officials believe the site will be operating without glitches by the end of November 2013, in time for most people to purchase insurance before a Dec. 15 deadline, Marilyn Tavenner, administrator of the Centers for Medicare or Medicaid Services, told lawmakers. That tight time frame for repairs, coupled with earlier contractor testimony that HealthCare.gov underwent minimal testing before its public launch, raises serious questions about whether the site can securely manage citizens’ data, Chairman Issa said in his letter to QSSI.