--------- Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is executive at company that built Obamacare website 4:57 PM 10/25/2013 <http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/25/michelle-obamas-princeton-classmate-is-executive-at-company-that-built-obamacare-website/&media=http://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ToniTownesWhitley-282x120.jpg&description=Michelle%20Obama%E2%80%99s%20Princeton%20classmate%20is%20executive%20at%20company%20that%20built%20Obamacare%20website> [image: Email This Article]<http://dailycaller.com/email-this/?postid=3930619> [image: Print This Article]<http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/25/michelle-obamas-princeton-classmate-is-executive-at-company-that-built-obamacare-website/?print=1> Patrick Howley Reporter
- See All Articles <http://dailycaller.com/author/patrick-howley/> - Email Patrick Howley <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');> - Subscribe to RSS <http://dailycaller.com/author/patrick-howley/feed/> - Follow on Twitter <http://twitter.com/patrickhowleydc> - Bio<http://dailycaller.com/wp-content/themes/dctwo/authorbio.php?user=patrick-howley> First Lady Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is a top executive at the company that earned the contract to build the failed Obamacare website. Toni Townes-Whitley, Princeton class of ’85, is senior vice president at CGI Federal, which earned the no-bid contract<http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2537194#.UlvHPWwQRGk.twitter> to build the $678 million Obamacare enrollment website at Healthcare.gov. CGI Federal is the U.S. arm of a Canadian company. Townes-Whitley and her Princeton classmate Michelle Obama are both members of the Association of Black Princeton Alumni<http://www.princeton-abpa.org/dynamic.asp?id=news_1980s> . Toni Townes<https://www.princeton.edu/~paw/archive_old/PAW97-98/11-0311/0311feat1.html> ’85 is a onetime policy analyst with the General Accounting Office and previously served in the Peace Corps in Gabon, West Africa. Her decision to return to work, as an African-American woman, after six years of raising kids was applauded<https://www.princeton.edu/~paw/archive_old/PAW97-98/11-0311/0311feat1.html> by a Princeton alumni publication in 1998 George Schindler<http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/17/obama-campaign-donor-heads-firm-that-built-obamacares-website/>, the president for U.S. and Canada of the Canadian-based CGI Group, CGI Federal’s parent company, became an Obama 2012 campaign donor after his company gained the Obamacare website contract. As reported by the Washington Examiner in early October, the Department of Health and Human Services reviewed only CGI’s bid for the Obamacare account. CGI was one of 16 companies qualified under the Bush administration to provide certain tech services to the federal government. A senior vice president for the company testified this week before The House Committee on Energy and Commerce that four companies submitted bids, but did not name those companies or explain why only CGI’s bid was considered. On the government end, construction of the disastrous Healthcare.gov website was overseen by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a division of longtime failed website-builder<http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/23/lawmakers-sebelius-failed-at-government-website-projects-prior-to-serving-in-obama-administration/> Kathleen Sebelius’ Department of Health and Human Services. *Update*: The Daily Caller repeatedly contacted CGI Federal for comment. After publication of this article, the company responded that there would be “nothing coming out of CGI for the record or otherwise today.” The company did however insist that The Daily Caller include a reference to vice president Cheryl Campbell’s House testimony. This has been included as a courtesy to the company. *Follow Patrick on Twitter* <http://twitter.com/patrickhowleydc> Tags: CGI Federal <http://dailycaller.com/buzz/cgi-federal/>, Michelle Obama<http://dailycaller.com/buzz/michelle-obama/> , Obamacare Exchange Problems<http://dailycaller.com/buzz/obamacare-exchange-problems/> , Obamacare website <http://dailycaller.com/buzz/obamacare-website/> Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/25/michelle-obamas-princeton-classmate-is-executive-at-company-that-built-obamacare-website/#ixzz2iok7zSfV On Friday, October 25, 2013, Carol K wrote: ** ** ** ** ****** · Irony: Private sector called in<http://links.heritage.org/ct/15445028:17398820895:m:1:210506366:E2E701EC3243D019AAE945D5268A16E3:r>to rescue HealthCare.gov. **** **** **** **** ** ** **** *Administration Caught in New Obamacare Dilemma*<http://links.heritage.org/ct/15445022:17398820895:m:1:210506366:E2E701EC3243D019AAE945D5268A16E3:r> **** 10/25/2013**** Remember sequestration<http://links.heritage.org/ct/15445023:17398820895:m:1:210506366:E2E701EC3243D019AAE945D5268A16E3:r>? Those automatic budget cuts that went into effect when Congress failed to do real budgeting a couple of years ago? It’s hitting Obamacare now. Both laws have been around for awhile, but the Obama Administration hasn’t done anything to prepare for their collision. The cuts are hitting a set of subsidies that were supposed to help pay deductibles and co-pays for lower-income Americans with Obamacare coverage. An Obama official pledged there would be a plan before the Obamacare exchanges opened on October 1, but that didn’t happen. [image: http://links.heritage.org/ct/15445024:17398820895:m:1:210506366:E2E701EC3243D019AAE945D5268A16E3:r]<http://links.heritage.org/ct/15445024:17398820895:m:1:210506366:E2E701EC3243D019AAE945D5268A16E3:r> So now what? Heritage expert Chris Jacobs writes<http://links.heritage.org/ct/15445025:17398820895:m:1:210506366:E2E701EC3243D019AAE945D5268A16E3:r>in today’s *Wall Street Journal*:**** There are two possible outcomes. The first is that individuals who have managed to enroll in subsidized health insurance will find they've been misled about their copays and deductibles. Families who currently think their plan will charge a $20 copayment for doctor visits may instead face a $25 charge when the sequester kicks in. Individuals who now believe they face maximum out-of-pocket costs of $2,000 may end up paying hundreds more.* *** The other option? Stick the insurance companies with the cuts and tell them to deal with it. (That would be about $286 million through next September.)* *** As Jacobs says, neith<http://links.heritage.org/ct/15445025:17398820895:m:1:210506366:E2E701EC3243D019AAE945D5268A16E3:r> -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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