Flawed procurement, shoddy oversight led to budget leak – report

Flawed procurement, shoddy oversight led to budget leak – report
Paul McBeth
The Treasury’s inadvertent online leak of budget information last year all stemmed from sloppy IT procurement and shoddy oversight, according to an independent report.The inquiry led by Jenn Bestwick found the root of the failure dated back to 2014 when the Treasury started a procurement process to replace a web hosting platform for the Central Agencies Shared Services.The Treasury modified its procurement after failing to find a vendor in the first round, carving out the specific processes of preparing for budget day in the process in spite of...

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