Contractor says warned U.S. officials about healthcare website risks

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Witnesses are pictured during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in WashingtonBy David Morgan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A software contractor for the U.S. government's troubled new healthcare website said on Thursday that his company warned officials about performance risks before it opened on October 1, saying there was too little time for system testing. But the lead contractor, CGI Federal, expressed confidence at a congressional hearing that problems with the website at the center of President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy would be fixed in time for millions of people without healthcare insurance to sign up by January 1. …

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