Mr. Chair, again, a project initially presented to committee for one price; in this case the upgrade of the human resource information system, the PeopleSoft operating system. It is to provide funding for the higher than anticipated costs of this upgrade originally presented to us in the 2006-07 budget at a cost of $2.001 million, just over $2 million, Mr. Chair, now scoped out at $2.76 million. Mr. Chair, that is an increase of more than one-third within one year on some computer software. We have been dealing with PeopleSoft program for years and we have gone through numerous changes and upgrades in that. Of course computer systems are designed to, but what is continually frustrating again is that, within the space of one fiscal year, we have a computer upgrade allocation that has ballooned by more than a third, $2 million to almost $2.8 million. Mr. Chair, what causes something which, from my perspective, should be relatively straightforward in terms of scoping it out, costing it out and implementing it and actually increase by a third? These are substantial dollars, Mr. Chair. We are talking about three-quarters of a million dollars new money.
Bill Braden on Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
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Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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