DOJ Names Dozens of IT Vendors in Kickback Scheme

grantus writes "Today, the U.S. Department of Justice joined three whistleblower lawsuits against Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems and Accenture alleging a massive kickback scheme on government contracts. Among the IT vendors listed in the lawsuit as Accenture partners are Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, Dell and Oracle."

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Re:Don't expect much ...

[PixelScuba]

or... *gasp* it was a joke!

Wake up! Your "idiot" boss is a fox...

[Invisible Now]

Have you worked in corporate (non-government) IT very long? Wonder why the big vendors screw your company for Million$ when your existing team could deliver a better system, quicker, for next to nothing in cost? (comparatively...)

Ever consider offering your IT VP a trip to Aruba? Down payment on a ski cabin? The cash back from their new war room of dozens of do-nothing H1-Bs billed at $150+/hr and fly-in "Project Managers" at $250+/hr makes it pretty easy for them to build their well-deserved retirement fund from one big ERP or CRM project. "Idiot" non-technical bosses? WE ALL KNOW it's a BEST PRACTICE and "lower risk" to select an industry-leading vendor...

The FBI hauled a director out of my big bank for being too obvious at this, or perhaps not well connected enough...

Wake up! This is why your proposal to save bucks, use existing people (idealistic engineers) and resources is never approved.

Try the long lunch and kickbacks...

Wake up! It's the new EXtreme methodology....