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Article: ACCENTURE PACT A BONEHEADED MOVE.(EDITORIAL)(JOHN NICHOLS\ CORRECTION: Recent reporting and commentary in The Capital Times on the controversy over the decision of the state Elections Board to grant a major contract to the government outsourcing firm Accenture included several statements that need clarification. To wit:\ While Accenture was formerly known as Andersen Consulting, a 2000 arbitration by the International Chamber of Commerce determined that Accenture was not a subsidiary or division of Arthur Andersen -- of Enron fame -- and terminated contractual agreements between Accenture and Andersen Worldwide Socit Cooperative. And a federal court in Houston in 2003 released Accenture from all claims that were brought by Enron shareholders and employees.\ Accenture did not create "voter lists" in Florida, and doesn't expect to do so in Wisconsin. Rather, it was selected in 2001 by the state of Florida to build a Central Voter Database (CVD) system. After doing so, Accenture was hired in 2003 to make modifications to the CVD system, including creation of a new tool for matching voter records from counties to felon and clemency data. Accenture says that the CVD does not determine eligibility nor does it add voters to or delete voters from the rolls. Accenture says the CVD was designed to identify "potentially problematic records for local election officials to investigate" and "allows the county supervisors to make decisions on potentially ineligible voters."\ Accenture, itself, is not a subject of a probe by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. The company, however, did testify before the commission on its activities involving Florida's voter felon records.\ Accenture disputes criticism of work done by the company for the states of Texas, Virginia and Nebraska. The company says it completed work in those states "on time and on budget." (Published December 2, 2004))(Column)
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Byline: John Nichols
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CORRECTION: Recent reporting and commentary in The Capital Times on the controversy over the decision of the state Elections Board to grant a major contract to the government outsourcing firm Accenture included several statements that need clarification. To wit:.
While Accenture was formerly known as Andersen Consulting, a 2000 arbitration by the International Chamber of Commerce determined that Accenture was not a subsidiary or division of Arthur Andersen -- of Enron fame -- and terminated contractual agreements between Accenture and Andersen Worldwide Socit Cooperative. And a federal court in Houston in 2003 ...
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