IBM and EDS were involved in development of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel.
According to the State Ombudsman 2010 report (60b): [1]
- The corporations were awarded contracts with no bidding;
- Development was initiated with no written specifications;
- No state employees were involved in core supervision, only individuals on personal special consulting contracts;
- The state customer did not perform any independent examination of the systems prior to implementation;
- The servers are located on corporate grounds, not under the courts administration;
- Unknown number of persons issued double smart ID cards.
Previous reports documented that the systems, developed by these corporations undermined the integrity of court records in Israel. [2]
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IBM and EDS were involved in development of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel.
According to the State Ombudsman 2010 report (60b): [1]
- The corporations…