Florida: Outsourcing of govt work is called "People First"

[barbaraann]

The initial work began on People First (formerly known as the "Human Resource Outsourcing Project") nearly 2 years ago, as part of Governor Bush's effort to create a smaller, more effective, more efficient government that fully harnesses the power of technology. It will provide world-class tools and services for State employees, including Staffing (tools and services for recruitment and selection), Human Resources Administration (workforce data management; human resource learning; performance management), Payroll Preparation (recording time and attendance; leave requests), and Benefits Administration (open enrollment and general benefits administration).

http://www.myflorida.com/dms/pfs/PeopleFirst.htm

Link to website of company doing outsourcing (to foreign countries):
http://www.convergys.com/

Jeb Bush is providing us a look at what the "vision" of the Bush Family really is for the American People: Orwellian-enhanced slavery.

[mac2]

1. Any program by Jeb Bush is .....slavery first for my profit.

[Insider]

2. backlash will be a b*tch

eventually.

[zbdent]

3. Up is Down, Black is White

gee, where have we heard about our freedoms being revoked so we could be more free?

[GOPisEvil]

4. Same thing going on here in Texas. Surprise.

:eyes:

I'm a state employee who just got reorganized. My department kept its positions - others will not be as lucky.

[soup]

5. Love the Scott Maddox quote

found at the end of this convergys article.

note for clarity: This snip is from the end of the article. Campbell and Wiles are House Minority Leader Doug Wiles, D-St. Augustine, and state Sen. Walter "Skip" Campbell, D-Fort Lauderdale.

>snip<
"Our economy in Florida is struggling," Campbell said. "In the past four years, our state has lost more than 58,000 manufacturing jobs. Those employees who sought retraining in the high-tech sector are now finding themselves downsized again, as companies move jobs to countries where people live on as little as $1 a day."

Campbell and Wiles also cited the Department of Business and Professional Regulation's contract for outsourcing its computer operations to Accenture, a Bermuda-based company, and the hiring of the Staubach Group in Dallas to negotiate office leases for the state.

Staubach is not being paid by the state, Simon said, but works on commissions paid by landlords who lease space to state agencies. The legislators maintain that Florida companies could provide those services.

There are no major privatization efforts on the legislative agenda so far, and with only 14 votes in the Senate and 39 in the House, the Democrats couldn't stop any. But they could use their amendments to keep the issue in the public eye during the presidential campaign.

"In my personal opinion, George W. Bush should run for president of India," said Maddox, the party chairman, "because he's created more jobs there than he has in the state of Florida."
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/7995318.htm

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and What's the deal with Accenture?? Isn't that the corp that now handles the FL voter roll purges - er, I mean - new centralized voter database?
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Here's another recent article on the problems while parallel-testing the Convergys payroll system:
It's not errors, it's just differences. :crazy:
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/local/8011493.htm

[tom_paine]

6. Orwell would have understood

Our Totalitarian Monsters behave much the same as his did.

Ours are much less violent and directly racist.

Different countries to be broken under the boot of Totalitarianism...different customs.