From a comment on the government’s backward new computer system for savings bonds:

Large computer systems fail in the private sector all the time, but you don’t hear them because nobody in the company would mention it, and the contractors like SAP are afraid they will get sued. SAP has been sued a number of times for systems that never get off the ground due to complexity and poor planning. When that happens at the government, it is out there for everyone to see, and it looks bad.

FYI: the problem with savings bonds is that if you buy them from the Treasury through their computer system now, they don’t continue to pay interest after maturing.