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Investigative Journalism Foundation | Why do government IT contracts have such huge cost overruns?

October 4, 2023

It’s not just ArriveCan and Phoenix. Half of outsourced tech work went over the original budget, data shows. “For many of these IT consultants, their main service and product is secrecy,” says Law’s Matt Malone. “Many do not do any IT work themselves, they behave as middlemen, subcontracting out the work to others.” Read more