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2013-10-27 | |
a little Steyn for our latest douchebag troll - Jerk
Yeah, yeah, I know, we've all had bathroom remodelers like that. But in this case the database had to register some 7 million long guns belonging to some two-and-a-half to three million Canadians. That works out to almost $300 per gun -- or somewhat higher than the original estimate for processing a firearm registration of $4.60. Of those $300 gun registrations, Canada's auditor general reported to parliament that much of the information was either duplicated or wrong in respect to basic information such as names and addresses. Sound familiar? Also, there was a 1-800 number, but it wasn't any use. Sound familiar? So it was decided that the sclerotic database needed to be improved. Sound familiar? But it proved impossible to "improve" CFIS (the Canadian Firearms Information System). So CGI was hired to create an entirely new CFIS II, which would operate alongside CFIS I until the old system could be scrapped. CFIS II was supposed to go operational on January 9, 2003, but the January date got postponed to June, and 2003 to 2004, and $81 million was thrown at it before a new Conservative government scrapped the fiasco in 2007. Last year, the government of Ontario canceled another CGI registry that never saw the light of day -- just for one disease, diabetes, and costing a mere $46 million. Advertisement But there's always America! "We continue to view U.S. federal government as a significant growth opportunity," declared CGI's chief exec, in what would also make a fine epitaph for the republic. Pizza and Mountain Dew isn't very Montreal, and on the evidence of three years of missed deadlines in Ontario and the four-year overrun on the firearms database CGI don't sound like they're pulling that many all-nighters. Was the government of the United States aware that CGI had been fired by the government of Canada and the government of Ontario (and the government of New Brunswick)? Nobody's saying. But I doubt it would make much difference. Asked by Mother Jones to explain why Obama the candidate uses the Internet so effectively but Obama the government is a bust, his 2008 tech maestro Clay Johnson put it this way: "The first person that you need in order to start a Web company would be a Web developer; the first person you need to start a government-contracting firm is an attorney." The problem with Obamacare isn't the website design, it's the nature of government procurement in an unaccountable bureaucracy serving 300 million people. | |
Posted by:Frank G |
#3 Their most famous government project was for the Canadian Firearms Registry. The registry was estimated to cost in total $119 million, which would be offset by $117 million in fees. I guess we know what is coming next. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2013-10-27 12:25 |
#2 It must have been on a previous day, Frank. As I wrote, above, I believe the purpose is important enough to justify the repeat. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2013-10-27 12:23 |
#1 apologies - looked for this in Opinion before posting |
Posted by: Frank G 2013-10-27 10:31 |