Accenture delivers 58 hires for $297M ICE contract
CBP awarded Accenture $297M contract to hire 7,500 border agents/officers to meet Trump’s executive order. Delivered only 2 agents first year, 22-58 total hires by termination. $40K per hire cost exceeded average officer salary. Contract terminated April 2019 ‘for convenience’ after DHS IG management alert.
Key Actors
Sources (4)
- Accenture ICE contract termination (2019-01-31)
- CBP terminates controversial $297 million Accenture contract amid continued staffing struggles (2019-04-05)
- Trump Administration Cancels Contract That Failed to Bring on More Border Agents (2019-04-08)
- CBP ends Accenture hiring contract 'for convenience' (2019-04-08)
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