W Australia awards $30m irregular IT contact
In a damning finding, WA auditor-general Colin Murphy says government-owned Synergy had failed to comply with its own policy and the appropriate law in awarding several contracts.
The department was one of three to be singled out by the auditor-general for having potential conflicts concerning ICT contractors, states IT News.
The other two agencies named were the Department of Education and electricity retailer Synergy.
“Without an up-to-date ICT strategy agencies significantly increase the risk of making poor use of contractors and getting poor ICT outcomes,” says Murphy in a Delimiter report.
He points out the ICT strategies that did exist, were often out of date, did not clearly align ICT projects and sourcing strategies with current and future business needs.
He adds the contract did not include resourcing requirements, lacked clear objectives and associated performance measures, and did not address the risks inherent to different ICT delivery options and strategies to mitigate those risks.
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