WA govt admits to “systemic” IT issues at Health department

Opposition calls for minister to resign.

The Western Australian government has admitted “systemic” IT issues plague the state’s health department after an auditor-general’s report detailed massive cost blowouts and mismanagement of the agency’s centralised computing contract with Fujitsu.

Late last week the WA auditor-general revealed the four-year, $45 million contract had blown out by $81.4 million owing to a lack of proper oversight and controls. For the full article click here 

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