Phoenix building and implementation an ‘incomprehensible failure, says auditor general

Government officials knew about the problems, and didn't develop an adequate contingency plan, but still green lit the Phoenix pay system anyway, said the auditor general's report.

Auditor general Michael Ferguson released his second audit of the Phoenix pay system today, which focused on the building and implementation of the project that took seven years and had a budget of $310-million.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

May 29, 2018

In a scathing report released on Tuesday, Auditor General Michael Ferguson concluded the department responsible for building and implementing the Phoenix pay system knew about all of the expected issues, lacked an adequate contingency plan, and still gave the project the green light. Calling it an ...

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