[LINK] Quality & Security Implications of Govt Outsourcing

David Boxall david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au
Sat May 7 09:56:38 AEST 2011


At 12:11 PM +1000 6/5/11, Roger Clarke wrote:
 > > ...
 > >No. 1 involves low-quality software combined with appallingly low QA
 > >processes, by Accenture, for the ATO, as perceived by the
 > >Inspector-General of Taxation:
 > >
 > >Taxpayers used as guinea pigs to test faulty computer system
 > >Peter Martin
 > >The Sydney Morning Herald
 > >May 6, 2011
 > 
 >http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/taxpayers-used-as-guinea-pigs-to-test-faulty-computer-system-20110505-1ead3.html
 > > ...

 From the article:
> Mr Noroozi recommended the office communicate more openly with taxpayers and staff  ...
Mr Noroozi evidently lives in a parallel universe, where a bureaucracy 
might do such a thing.

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