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Accenture grabs $20 million Australian Bureau of Statistics tech rebuild deal

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IT services giant Accenture has won a contract valued at $19.9 million to provide new data collection systems for the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as part of a broader transformation program under way at the agency.

The deal for new services comes two months after Accenture's rival IBM was publicly blamed by the ABS for embarrassing problems it encountered when trying to conduct the 2016 Census online.

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Paul Smith edits the technology coverage and has been a leading writer on the sector for 20 years. He covers big tech, business use of tech, the fast-growing Australian tech industry and start-ups, telecommunications and national innovation policy. Connect with Paul on Twitter. Email Paul at psmith@afr.com

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