July 26th, 2007

Pigs Might Fly in Iowa

Posted by Michael Krigsman @ 1:09 pm

Categories: Project management

Tags: A.T. Kearney, Michael Krigsman

According to the Hawk Eye, Iowa has the distinction of joining Nevada and Wisconsin on our list of recent state government project failures. In this case, A.T. Kearney was hired for $3.4 million and saved the state $2.9 million. From the article:

“When [the project] started, the payment to A.T. Kearney was about 35 percent of projected savings, but it ended up being about 120 percent of savings,” [state auditor David] Vaudt said.

Obviously, the outcome was affected by something expected after the project started. The state says it’s a multi-year contract, and hopes the loss can be made up in the future.

Will this contract pay off for Iowa in the end? I doubt it.

[via fellow Enterprise Irregular Jason Busch]

July 22nd, 2007

Careless in Nevada

Posted by Michael Krigsman @ 3:46 pm

Categories: Government projects

Tags: Nevada, Governor, Michael Krigsman

According to News.com, staff working for Nevada’s governor mistakenly posted his Outlook username and password on the Internet. Aside from the weak password (reflecting a previous Nevada governor’s name), don’t they have controls in place to prevent this kind of thing?

[via Download Squad]