Tag: SAMS
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IBM wins $32M Ontario government contract despite delivering problem-riddled software
Despite 18 months of problems associated with the software responsible for tracking Ontarians on social assistance, the Ontario government has awarded a two-year $32-million IT contract aimed at servicing the software to the same company that created it. The union representing workers using SAMS — short for "social assistance management system" — is not happy that the contract has been awarded to IBM.…
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Thomas renews call to remove Jaczek
Toronto – Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the Minister of Community and Social Services must go following revelations that Helena Jaczek knew the Social Assistance Management System (SAMS) was deeply flawed even before it was rolled out. The president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, which represents workers at Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability…
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Wynne should fire Jaczek for SAMS breakdown: OPSEU
Notwithstanding today’s announcement that a third party will evaluate how and why the computer system that administers social assistance payments in Ontario broke down, Premier Kathleen Wynne should dismiss Community and Social Services Minister Helena Jaczek for her role in the fiasco, says the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. “The only people who have experienced…
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Month end computer mess plagues SAMS again: OPSEU
Computer problems that plagued the Social Assistance Management System (SAMS) in November, causing havoc for recipients of government assistance payments, are repeating themselves at the end of this month, says the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). Frontline OPSEU workers, who administer the social assistance payments to Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and Ontario Works…
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OPSEU seeks injunction to halt flawed Social Assistance computer system
TORONTO – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas announced today that the Ontario Public Service Employees Union will seek an injunction against the Ontario government to halt the flawed Social Assistance Management System (SAMS) computer system that is responsible for the management and payment delivery to tens of thousands on Ontarians relying on social assistance. Since…