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Vendor claims government failed to provide clear direction for the project
Lindsay Clark Tue 27 Apr 2021 // 19:35 UTC Share
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The US State of Maine has laid off 15 independent IT contractors, each paid $13,000 a month, who were working on its paused project to implement a new Workday HR and finance system, which is at least two years late and millions of dollars over budget.
What exactly the contractors were doing during March is open to question since Workday suspended the project in February, owing to a contract dispute with the administration.
Nonetheless, those techies-for-hire got an average of $13,000 each, at a rate $108 per hour, according to Kirsten Figueroa, commissioner of the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services.
Tory sleaze is the logical extension of business practices where everyone is âat itâ
Labour activists highlight Tory sleaze and cronyism outside Downing Street, London. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Labour activists highlight Tory sleaze and cronyism outside Downing Street, London. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Sun 25 Apr 2021 01.00 EDT
Bernard Jenkin spectacularly misses the point: âThere is nothing wrong with a private citizen wanting to make moneyâ is simply not true until you add the word âfairlyâ or âhonestlyâ (âThe line between public service and private gain is shamefully blurredâ, Comment). We applaud and aspire to honest endeavour, invention, flexibility, hard work and a genuine commitment to customersâ and employeesâ wellbeing, but you canât say there is nothing wrong with wanting to make money by cheating people or selling them goods that we know will hurt them or simply offer very little for a high pri
State terminates 15 contractors as talks continue on refund of software project spending sunjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
State terminates 15 contractors as talks continue on refund of software project spending
The move will save the state about $206,000 a month, as implementation of a more than $50 million state payroll and human resources system upgrade, first started five years ago, remains in limbo.
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State government will save about $206,000 a month after it released 15 independent contractors who were hired to help the Department of Administration and Financial Services implement a costly new human resources and payroll management system that’s been in the works for nearly a decade.
The nearly $55 million project spans the administrations of the last two governors, one Republican and one Democrat; involves contract cancellations for two different vendors and is now unlikely to be in place before 2022 although posters scattered around offices in state government still promise a January 2020 launch date.