Obama administration to dump IT firm behind HealthCare.gov

[DonViejo]

Source: Washington Post

Federal health officials are preparing to sign a 12-month contract worth roughly $90 million, probably early next week, with a different company, Accenture, after concluding that CGI Federal has not been effective enough in fixing the intricate computer system underpinning the federal Web site, according to a person familiar with the matter.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-administration-to-end-contract-with-cgi-federal-company-behind-healthcaregov/2014/01/10/

[PeoViejo]

1. Accenture?

What could go wrong?

How soon they forget....

[HERVEPA]

2. Hmmm. Switching snake-oil salespeople.

Huge offshore outsourcer. And, going back a little way, it was previously Arthur-Andersen Consulting, of Enron fame.

[LiberalEsto]

4. which one was, Accenture or CGI? nt

[HERVEPA]

5. Accenture

[olddad56]

7. the name was changd to protect the guilty. Accenture blew a few big deals...

As Arthur-Andrerson whendoing business with the State of California. They are one of the worst consulting firms. Right down there with Logicon.

[TwilightGardener]

3. Friday.. FRIDAY... FRIDAY NEWS DUMP!!

[OKNancy]

6. the original link is dead, here is an updated link

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-administration-to-end-contract-with-cgi-federal-company-behind-healthcaregov/2014/01/10/001eb05a-719e-11e3-8b3f-b1666705ca3b_story.html

ETA: Accenture did the California healthcare site