The company now running the healthcare.gov website has a
long history with President Barack Obama, leasing space for his 2008 campaign
headquarters and company associates making generous political contributions.
Accenture, an Ireland-based technology and consulting firm,
now has until Thursday to answer questions from the House Energy and Commerce
Committee about its communications with the Obama administration leading up to
the $91 million non-competitive contract it was awarded to fix the website to
sign people up for Obamacare insurance plans.
The firm was brought in to replace the Canadian-based CGI,
which presided over the disastrous launch of healthcare.gov last October.
Though CGI was scrutinized for one of its executive’s relationship with the
first family, the political ties between the White House and Accenture are also
significant.
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