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tallk us through why that is. it is not that easy to unpick, such a huge bit of software. that is the other side to this question. the government procurement processes are under the spotlight. this story has been rumbling on for many years but even while that has been happening, the government has been giving contracts to fujitsu, something like £3 billion worth over the last ten years. as you say, it is very difficult to unpick. fujitsu is heavily involved in a number of government it systems across many different departments. hmrc, the nhs, really all over. unpicking the relationship between the uk government and fujitsu is potentially really difficult. as, fujitsu is potentially really difficult. �* , , ., ., difficult. a tiny bit more on that, but — difficult. a tiny bit more on that, but as _ difficult. a tiny bit more on that, but as part _ difficult. a tiny bit more on that, but as part of- difficult. a tiny bit more on that, but as part of the - that, but as part of the problem. there is a lot of

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The Situation Room-20131022-22:25:00

day. healthcare.gov got this way not because of sloppiness of an individual vendor but because of a deeply engrained malignant cancer that's eating away at the federal governments ability to provide effective online services. >> i have a great deal of respect for his commentary. when president obama took office, one of the early insights we gained was in contracting. we've taken some early steps that have shown some promising results. clay was on the team that built a rfptz program that made it easier for contractors who were small businesses who didn't have the resources of some of the more significantly sized firms to compete. and when they opened up the competition, prices fell and quality went up. so we've already begun the road of trying to make an improvement in the government procurement

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