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The Department of Homeland Security recently awarded what could be a $10 billion border security contract to Bermuda-abased Accenture. My guest tonight says it is outrageous and wrong to reward a company for abandoning our country. Congresswoman Rosa DeLaura has authored legislation that would prevent government contracts from being awarded to foreign companies. In her statement, she said, "The United States should not be doing business with those who want all the benefits of citizenship without any of the responsibilities."

could be worth as much as $10 billion. The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday it has picked Accenture as the prime contractor for US-Visit, an IT-based system that will control entry of foreigners into the country. The five-year contract, which could be lengthened to 10 years, could be worth up to $10 billion. Some people questioned whether the U.S. government would award Accenture the contract because it's incorporated in Hamilton, Bermuda. But only a handful of employees are situated there; 25,000 of Accenture's 90,000 workers are based in the United States. Accenture, with operations in 48 countries, says it...

NEW YORK TIMES, June 2, 2004 Accenture Is Awarded U.S. Contract for Borders By ERIC LICHTBLAU and JOHN MARKOFF WASHINGTON, June 1 - The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday named Accenture as the prime contractor for a multibillion-dollar project aimed at creating a "virtual border" around the country to head off would-be terrorists entering the United States. Asa Hutchinson, the under secretary in charge of border security, said the project, called U.S.-Visit was "a significant milestone in the history of the department" and in the bolstering of border security since the Sept. 11 attacks. "I really don't think you...

Services abroad already include consulting and business process outsourcing BANGALORE, INDIA - Accenture Ltd. announced Wednesday that it is more than doubling its staff in India to 10,000 by next December. The company, based in Bermuda, currently employs 4,300 professionals in India for services such as consulting, system integration and business process outsourcing (BPO) for functions such as human resources management and financial accounting. The company also runs call centers in India. The BPO and call center services are offered both to customers and customers' clients. Accenture's India facilities are the only company sites as of now to offer voice-based...

Retailers and manufacturers that adopt wireless inventory tracking technology will reap significant improvements in supply chain operations and inventory accuracy, Accenture said Thursday. Known as auto-ID, the technology is a combination of electronic product codes (EPC) and radio frequency identification (RFID). Together, the two technologies make the process of tracking goods moving through a supply chain faster, more efficient and more accurate, proponents say. Several studies by Accenture show that companies adopting auto-ID can increase revenues up to 1 percent and cut working capital 2 percent to 8 percent by reducing the amount of raw materials inventory needed for production,...

<p>Consulting firm Accenture is acquiring Election.com, a New York-based company that provides election systems software for Arkansas and all its 75 counties, according to several sources.</p> <p>"Technically, Election.com doesn't exist anymore," an Election.com employee said on condition of anonymity.</p> <p>Repeated messages to Election.com's headquarters in Garden City, N.Y., seeking comment were not returned.</p>

Agency nears completion of financial enterprise architectureBy Matthew FrenchThe Defense Department next month will complete a $100 million project that few thought could be finished on time and within budget: the world's largest financial enterprise architecture. The financial management enterprise architecture project, an ambitious undertaking designed to consolidate and standardize all of DOD's financial reporting systems, is scheduled to be completed in April, just one year after the contract was awarded.The project is designed to help the department obtain a clean financial audit &#8212; something it has been unable to do. With DOD on the brink of war, this goal...

Questions raised over another Davis gift Donation in 2000 from firm that won huge state contract Greg Lucas, Sacramento Bureau Chief Thursday, May 9, 2002 Sacramento -- A company that won approval of a $453 million contract in 2000 to help California manage welfare cases gave $50,000 to Gov. Gray Davis' campaign within a day of hiring one of the governor's top fund-raisers as a lobbyist. The contribution by Accenture, an international consulting firm, was made while the Davis administration was weighing whether to drop one of the four providers of software for the huge computer system California uses to...