White House fires HealthCare.gov contractor - Report

The White House is getting rid of CGI Federal, the IT contractor responsible for building HealthCare.gov. The launch of the Web site was a disaster and the company has spent the last couple of months repairing it.

The Washington Post reports that the Obama administration is hiring Accenture to handle the Web site.

From Washington Post:

The Obama administration has decided to jettison CGI Federal, the main IT contractor that was responsible for building the defect-ridden online health insurance marketplace and has been immersed in the work of repairing it, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Federal health officials are preparing to sign a 12-month contract worth roughly $90 million, probably early next week, with a different company, Accenture, after concluding that CGI has not been effective enough in fixing the intricate computer system underpinning the federal Web site, HealthCare.gov, the individual said.