Apparently the Obama administration operates government websites powered by federal employees using hand-cranks

That's the only way I can offer a plausible explanation for this:

I'm marking this one down as Reason 8,604 that the federal government is simply too damned fat and bloated.

If only there were a way for a website to work without a government-paid website operator http://t.co/3NInULlfQn

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) October 3, 2013