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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Colorado Unemployment Insurance System Contract
In 2002, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment awarded Accenture a contract to re-engineer the state’s unemployment insurance system. The system was supposed to be online in 2004, but by December 2005, Accenture had only completed three of five subsystems, and the two largest components were still incomplete. The state declared Accenture to be in breach of the contract and launched confidential negotiations with the company to resolve the matter. Accenture and the state mutually agreed to terminate the contract. Accenture refunded $8.2 million of the $35.7 million the state paid for the system up to that time, and the state withheld the remaining payments.
- Misconduct Type
- Poor Contract Performance
- Enforcement Agency
- State/Local
- Contracting Party
- State/Local
- Court Type
- N/A
- Disposition
- Restitution
- Date of Contract Termination
- 12/20/2005
Contractors Involved |
Penalty |
Total |
|
Accenture |
$8,200,000
|