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The federal government's IT department is supposed to be an apolitical, technocratic regime. But blunders on two federal websites are turning it into a political sounding board against President Obama.

This week, the federal government's much-hyped jobs board website, USAJobs.gov, has been crashing repeatedly, pulverizing resumés and destroying peoples' passwords. If you take a look at the USAJobs Facebook page, it's still being flooded with complaints about how "crazy this all is" and observations like "STILL NOT WORKING CORRECTLY" and "USAJOBS WEB SITE IS A DISASTER."

You would think this petty IT problem wouldn't come a mile from the president's desk. But of course, you'd be wrong. 18 months ago, Obama's Office of Personnel Management decided to stop outsourcing its business to Monster.com, which previously powered USAJobs.gov. It then spent $6 million creating a new government-run version of the site. Its current mishaps have prompted a lengthy story in today's Washington Post and a scathing editorial in yesterday's Wall Street Journal. In a snarky end note, The Journal writes "Monster.com has graciously offered to host free job postings for federal agencies for 30 days, as the government reboots its 'improved' website. Better yet, the Obama team could turn over fixing USAJobs to the folks at Occupy Wall Street." Har, har har. Even the Facebook page commenters seem to be familiar with the intricacies of the story. "You should have let MONSTER.COM continue to operate that site," writes Kim Lindner.