Accenture is mapping government officials, their relationships and “social styles”, sharing it within the tech services firm to prepare bids for lucrative government contracts.
The firm — which has landed hundreds of contracts worth a combined $2.7 billion in the last decade, but been a major part of several recent failed tech projects — conceded to “power mapping” this week.
It said the information is restricted within the firm, but declined to provide a real example to the Senate, while rivals KPMG, Deloitte, EY, Boston Consulting Group McKinsey and the embattled PwC denied using the practice altogether.
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