Defence system late - and $45m extra
   By IAN McPHEDRAN
   12aug02
   TAXPAYERS will pay an extra $45 million for a new defence computer
   system that is running three years late.

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   A contract for the so-called Personnel Management Key Solution Project
   - or PMKeyS - was signed in 1998 for $25 million, with a delivery date
   of late 2000.
   In what has become a pattern for defence contracts, the system is not
   only three years late, but will now cost $70 million.
   PMKeyS will cover records of 100,000 military, civilian and reserve
   staff.
   About $60 million has already been paid to the contractor, with another
   $10 million needed to complete the third of four scheduled phases.
   The new system has also angered army personnel who claim they have lost
   their identity because regimental numbers have been removed from
   personnel files.
   The contract with the firm PeopleSoft provided an initial budget of $25
   million and a completion date of late 2000.
   PMKeyS is supposed to provide defence with a human resources management
   computer system replacing more than 20 purpose-built systems.
   The civilian side of the system was up and running on time by late
   1999.
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