AFSCME Privatization Update

Source: BY MICHAEL ROTHFELD, Newsday (NY), July 5, 2006

Nassau officials are investigating an accusation that a consultant hired to assist the county on a multimillion-dollar technology project has an inappropriate financial and business relationship with one of the bidders selected as a finalist to win a contract. County officials said the relationship between Accenture, a large global consulting company, and Workbrain, a software provider, was raised in May by Comptroller Howard Weitzman, whose office received a tip.

..... Peter Soh, a spokesman for Accenture, said its financial interest in Workbrain is negligible.

..... The county hired Accenture for $600,000 in May 2005 to help it purchase a computerized human resources management system.