Privatization Problems
Source: BY AMY SMITH, Austin Chronicle (TX), March 23, 2006
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission's efforts to privatize some of its job functions have gone awry under Accenture; the outsourcing firm awarded an $899 million contract to develop and operate a new eligibility system. For privatization foes and Accenture observers, Texas' problems could have been avoided had officials bothered to study the company's track record in other states. Here's what's happened elsewhere: