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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Administration Cancels Contract That Failed to Bring on More Border Agents
$43 MILLION already spent. Just 36 Agents recruited.by Eric Katz, http://govexec.com
The Trump administration on Thursday canceled a key contract it issued to fulfill an early promise by the president to add thousands of new border security personnel to the federal ranks over the vendors inability to deliver new hires.
The announcement followed Customs and Border Protection issuing a partial stop work order on the contract last year, which itself followed reporting by Government Executive and a subsequent inspector general investigation that found Accenture Federal Services was not delivering new hires. The contract was worth up to $297 million for Accenture to hire up to 7,500 Border Patrol agents and other officers on CBPs behalf.
As of December, the company had only helped the agency bring on 36 employees.
CBP awarded the contract after President Trump required the agency to hire 5,000 new Border Patrol agents through an executive order he signed shortly after taking office. Accenture was tasked with onboarding those 5,000, plus an additional 2,000 customs officers and 500 air and marine officers. Accenture largely was paid on a per-hire basis, most of which was awarded when CBP sent an offer letter to a candidate, with the remaining amount paid when the employee actually started working.
Prior to the partial stop work order in December, CBP has obligated $43 million to the contract. That included $19 million in start-up costs and nearly $24 million for potential hires. The contracts cancellation was first reported by Axios.
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https://www.govexec.com/management/2019/04/trump-administration-cancels-contract-failed-bring-more-border-agents/156104/?oref=top-story
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Trump Administration Cancels Contract That Failed to Bring on More Border Agents (Original Post)
James48
Apr 2019
OP
$43M contract $19M startup costs 36 agents placed Accenture made out like bandit. Follow the $$$$
benld74
Apr 2019
#2
C_U_L8R
(44,996 posts)1. Elect an idiot, get incompetence
benld74
(9,904 posts)2. $43M contract $19M startup costs 36 agents placed Accenture made out like bandit. Follow the $$$$
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)3. Get our money back. Just like trump did to California not funding their railway. Where is all
The money? Trump should give it back, it is not his it is the taxpayers.
struggle4progress
(118,270 posts)4. $43 million divided by 36 is about $1.2 million per hire!
It's government of the grifters, by the grifters, and for the grifters!