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‘In the new world order,’ feds must work with industry to fix IT procurement problems, say experts

New research examining IT procurement failures—the ArriveCan app, the Phoenix pay system, and Employment and Social Development Canada’s benefits modernization system—reveals three common issues: inadequate accountability, lack of internal expertise, and changes in scope.

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BY IREM KOCA
June 27, 2024

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CBSA told KPMG to go subcontract through GC Strategies to work on ArriveCan, MPs hear

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Antonio Utano, a director-general at the Canada Revenue Agency, and Cameron MacDonald, an assistant deputy minister at Health Canada, have been suspended without pay over contract misconduct allegations and had their security clearance revoked as the ArriveCan debacle unfolded.

CBSA told KPMG to go subcontract through GC Strategies to work on ArriveCan, MPs hear

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Antonio Utano, a director-general at the Canada Revenue Agency, and Cameron MacDonald, an assistant deputy minister at Health Canada, have been suspended without pay over contract misconduct allegations and had their security clearance revoked as the ArriveCan debacle unfolded.

‘In the new world order,’ feds must work with industry to fix IT procurement problems, say experts

New research examining IT procurement failures—the ArriveCan app, the Phoenix pay system, and Employment and Social Development Canada’s benefits modernization system—reveals three common issues: inadequate accountability, lack of internal expertise, and changes in scope.

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