Treasury Board to design new payroll system after Phoenix disaster

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Treasury Board to design new payroll system after Phoenix disaster

Treasury Board to design new payroll system after Phoenix disaster

The federal government is beginning the process of replacing its troubled Phoenix payroll system, a Treasury Board release announced on Thursday.

The 2018 federal budget included $16 million to fund an exploration phase that's now underway, with government officials talking to companies interested in landing the contract to design a better payroll and human resources system for federal employees.

The exact value of a future contract is not yet known. It will need to be budgeted once this process is complete.

In the Treasury Board release, the government promises to take "an entirely different approach than the one that led to the implementation of Phoenix."

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Federal employees would test the new system, it said, and be involved in all stages of its development and implementation, including training.

Officials hope to have working prototypes for a new system within months. But in the meantime, the Phoenix payroll system, which has underpaid, overpaid or not paid at all thousands of federal public servants still needs to be fixed.

No resources from that effort are being diverted to pay for this new procurement process. The stabilization of the Phoenix system is being "pursued relentlessly," according to the release.

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