The federal government’s bid to merge 1,500 departmental and agency websites into a single site, Canada.ca, is a year behind schedule and almost 10 times over budget. And experts warn it is on track to be another failed government IT project, like the Phoenix pay system.
“It’s gone off the rails. It’s a disaster,” said one government source with knowledge of the project who spoke on condition of anonymity.
CBC spoke with a number of government workers who are also familiar with the project in different departments and they all expressed similar evaluations.
The Canada.ca initiative was launched in 2013 with the goal of making it easier for people to find and use government information online. A $1.54-million contract for a new content management system, where all government websites would be moved, was awarded to Adobe in 2015.
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