Bill Text: WV HCR16 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State of West Virginia not do business with CGI Federal
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-14 - To House Rules [HCR16 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2014-HCR16-Introduced.html
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 16
(By Delegate Staggers, Barill, Barker, Campbell, Caputo, Hartman, Jones, Kinsey, Lawrence, Marshall, Moore, Moye, Pethtel, Pino, Smith, P., Stephens, Walker and Williams)
Requesting that the State of West Virginia not do business with CGI Federal, the company behind the botched launch of the Affordable Care Act's HealthCare.gov website.
Whereas, CGI Federal is a Canadian company that is the IT contractor which has orchestrated most of the HealthCare.gov Web site; and
Whereas, CGI Federal is thus responsible in significant measure for the multitude of problems plaguing the HealthCare.gov website and its disastrous initial rollout; and
Whereas, CGI Federal has had previous IT performance issues in the healthcare arena - its performance on Ontario, Canada's healthcare medical registry for diabetes sufferers was so poor that officials reportedly ditched the $46.2 million contract after three years of missed deadlines; and
Whereas, The State of West Virginia should not enter into business dealings with CGI Federal because of its poor performance with the HealthCare.gov website and because of other prior performance issues; and
Whereas, If the State of West Virginia is currently doing business with CGI Federal, it should extricate itself from any business dealings with CGI Federal as soon as legally feasible; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the West Virginia Legislature requests that the State of West Virginia not do business with CGI Federal, the company behind the botched launch of the Affordable Care Act's HealthCare.gov website; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the West Virginia House of Delegates send a copy of this resolution to the Governor of the State of West Virginia.