Following entry is a record in the “Catalogue of Catastrophe” - a list of failed and troubled projects from around the world. Rate Collection Agency – Northern Island Project name : Abbacus Date : Jun 2008 Cost :$260M USD Synopsis : Problems with local property tax ("property rates") collection system result in $260M worth of payments going uncollected.  Calculation errors result in one person receiving a disability allowance of £2.9M.  System lacked basic functions such as the abil...

Following entry is a record in the “Catalogue of Catastrophe” - a list of failed and troubled projects from around the world. HM Revenue and Customs – UK Date : Jul 2008 Cost :up to $5,600M USD Synopsis : Errors in the software and the processes used for handling data result in over payment of billions of dollars worth of tax credits for parents with children in the United Kingdom. On discovering the errors, government efforts to reclaim the money result in hardship for many of Brita...

Following entry is a record in the "Catalogue of Catastrophe" - a list of failed and troubled projects from around the world. Dept. Homeland Security Project name : Railhead Date : Aug 2008 Cost :$500M Synopsis : Efforts to upgrade existing anti-terror tracking systems run into serious architectural and quality flaws. System fails to perform basic Boolean functions (AND, OR, etc) and reports of serious performance concerns surface. Team of 862 contractors reduced to skeleton crew wh...