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Obama administration to end contract with CGI Federal, company behind HealthCare.gov
Washington Post ^ | 01/10/2014 | By Juliet Eilperin and Amy Goldstein

Posted on 01/10/2014 12:32:41 PM PST by SeekAndFind

The Obama administration has decided to jettison CGI Federal, the main IT contractor that was responsible for building the defect-ridden online health insurance marketplace and has been immersed in the work of repairing it.

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 has not been effective enough in fixing the intricate computer system underpinning the federal Web site, HealthCare.gov.

Accenture, which is one of the world’s largest consulting firms, has extensive experience with computer systems on the state level, and it built California’s new health insurance exchange. But it has not done substantial work on any federal health-care program.

In a statement Friday, CGI spokeswoman Linda Odorisio said that even as the company’s work on HealthCare.gov was wrapping up, “CGI’s 15-year relationship with CMS will continue, including work on the nearly $37 million in contracts that have been awarded to CGI since October 1, 2013.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; cgi; cgicontracts; cms; deathpanels; heatlhcaregov; obamacare; obamacarewebsite; zerocare
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1 posted on 01/10/2014 12:32:41 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Where’s the refund?


2 posted on 01/10/2014 12:33:58 PM PST by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: Sir Napsalot
When will Texas do the same?

http://www.hardhatters.com/2013/12/texas-embraces-creator-failed-healthcare-gov/
3 posted on 01/10/2014 12:35:05 PM PST by thetallguy24
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To: Sir Napsalot

RE: Where’s the refund?

The other rhetorical question is — Was there even any public bidding for this contract?


4 posted on 01/10/2014 12:36:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Another no-bid contract?

Any Obama or Michelle cronies high up in Accenture management?


5 posted on 01/10/2014 12:39:22 PM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Not much hope for the foreseeable future. The new contractor is facing a moving target anyway...what could go wrong?


6 posted on 01/10/2014 12:42:11 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: SeekAndFind
The other rhetorical question is — Was there even any public bidding for this contract?

I've heard the answer is "no."

7 posted on 01/10/2014 12:43:55 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: SeekAndFind

looks like barrycades hired another friends’ company. accenture is headquartered in chicago. they split off from andersen and renamed themselves from andersen consulting. just before the arthur andersen accounting scandal broke.


8 posted on 01/10/2014 12:46:10 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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RE: just before the arthur andersen accounting scandal broke.

Ahhh... the good old Enron days.


9 posted on 01/10/2014 12:50:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

While everyone is tsk-tsking over lame Christie, these Washington thieves just keep trucking, with NO accountability whatsoever.


10 posted on 01/10/2014 12:52:50 PM PST by informavoracious (Root for Obamacare and healthcare.gov failure!)
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To: informavoracious

RE: While everyone is tsk-tsking over lame Christie, these Washington thieves just keep trucking, with NO accountability whatsoever.

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OK, if Christie was involved he needs to be held into account.

But where’s the perspective and the sense of proportion from our media?

Let’s put it this way.... The Mainstream Media is hyperventilating over a traffic jam?

If only they were as concerned about the gridlock in the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C. as they are about the gridlock on the George Washington Bridge.

To my knowledge, no one has been fired for the hundreds of deaths in Fast & Furious, the 4 deaths in the Benghazi terrorist attack, the IRS scandal, the NSA scandal or the ObamaCare debacle. No one.

But by golly, the Mainstream Media and Democrats are getting their pound of flesh over bumper-to-bumper traffic over the Hudson River.


11 posted on 01/10/2014 1:00:53 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Secret Agent Man

WELLOGIX, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ACCENTURE, L.L.P., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-20816.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Filed: May 15, 2013

Looks like a real digglebarry outfit, the kind that BarryO likes and reflects the integrity of the Administration. Wonder how many affirmative action Black Studies Majors are hired.

http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15675491602455176251&hl=en&as_sdt=6&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr
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12 posted on 01/10/2014 1:01:41 PM PST by BilLies ("Will none rid me of this lying bastard ?")
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To: BilLies

Also interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accenture


13 posted on 01/10/2014 1:07:15 PM PST by BilLies ("Will none rid me of this lying bastard ?")
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To: Fresh Wind
Because of time constraints, CMS is awarding the Accenture contract on a sole-source basis, according to the person familiar with the decision.

Definition of insanity or government policy, same thing.

14 posted on 01/10/2014 1:16:37 PM PST by sportutegrl
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To: SeekAndFind

Meanwhile, Moochelle’s gal friend who was given the no-bid gig walks away with....$680 million? No further responsibility, no future maintenance headaches, no nuttin’. Just lollygag around and spend her cut of the swag! CRONEY Capitalism really DOES suck.


15 posted on 01/10/2014 1:17:05 PM PST by Tucker39 ("Having their conscience seared with a hot iron.")
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To: SeekAndFind
Here's a story with a familiar plot line:
--- hire an affirmative action Ivy League grad for a job and watch them screw it up.
16 posted on 01/10/2014 1:50:45 PM PST by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: SeekAndFind

So has Toni Townes-Whitley moved to this new company or is there another BLACK FOB at this new place ready to rip off the country?


17 posted on 01/10/2014 2:01:55 PM PST by vette6387
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To: SeekAndFind

CGI Federal is a con. It’s nothing but a crony business that deals only in federal “contracts” through connections.

They also do inspections of government housing.


18 posted on 01/10/2014 2:05:47 PM PST by Fledermaus (If we here in TN can't get rid of the worthless Lamar, it's over.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why are they being fired if it is all going so well now?


19 posted on 01/10/2014 4:17:10 PM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ("There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: BilLies

they’re actually a pretty good technology company.

all i am saying is that i am sure simce they are hq’d in chicago that there’s someone or two at’the top of this company connected to barrycades. probably donors.


20 posted on 01/10/2014 5:10:00 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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