12 December 2005

New state problem

From the JS: "Over nearly three years, the state Department of Revenue has wrestled with 665 "critical" problems with the computer system designed to track the state's sales tax receipts." "On average, that's one every day and a half. Add in the 2,034 incidents classified as "serious," and glitches rise to an average of 2.5 a day." "State officials paid American Management Systems $12.2 million for the system, but the cost has since ballooned to at least $27.6 million. Engan noted, however, that the increased cost also was due to changes in the contract and changes in the scope of the computer system that the state purchased."A price overage and the system not working for a government agency, that does not happen. Wisconsin just does not have this kind of problem.

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