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Atos, the controversial outsourcing company, is facing a government review of all of its major Whitehall contracts, which amount to more than £500m, following another serious IT failure.
The Cabinet Office told the Guardian it would undertake a full re-examination of every contract worth more than £10m operated by the French-based firm.
Such a review of a single contractor is a rarity in Whitehall and is a reflection of the levels of exasperation both from civil servants and the public accounts committee at the programmes overseen by Atos.
It will come as a blow to Atos, which has faced many public sector IT disasters. Criticisms include its role in implementing the employment and support allowance (ESA), the replacement for incapacity benefits and delays in assessingdisabled people for personal independence payments (PIPs).
http://www.theguardian.com/society/...500m-worth-of-atos-contracts-after-it-failure
The Cabinet Office told the Guardian it would undertake a full re-examination of every contract worth more than £10m operated by the French-based firm.
Such a review of a single contractor is a rarity in Whitehall and is a reflection of the levels of exasperation both from civil servants and the public accounts committee at the programmes overseen by Atos.
It will come as a blow to Atos, which has faced many public sector IT disasters. Criticisms include its role in implementing the employment and support allowance (ESA), the replacement for incapacity benefits and delays in assessingdisabled people for personal independence payments (PIPs).
http://www.theguardian.com/society/...500m-worth-of-atos-contracts-after-it-failure