> There are dozens of lotteries to enter for different parks and lands that are hard to access. And all of them come with service fees attached, fees that go directly to Booz Allen, which built Recreation.gov. The deeper you go, the more interesting the gatekeeping. As one angry writer found out after waiting on hold and being transferred multiple times, the answer is that Booz Allen “actually sets the Recreation.gov fees for themselves.”<p>What! Wow. That is really disappointing to read.
Embarassing America gets thieved by such shitty low class villians like BAH.<p>Keeping reasonable checks & constraints on democracy is hard. Creativing visobity & awareness of governance is one of the ultimate & most important meta-projects. For now we have lone heroes like Matt Stoller. Visibility should be baked in.