Washington (CNN) Customs and Border Protection on Thursday ended its controversial $297 million hiring contract with Accenture, according to two senior DHS officials and an Accenture representative. As of December, when CBP terminated part of its contract , the company had only completed processing 58 applicants and only 22 had made it onto the payroll about a year after the company was hired. At the time, the 3,500 applicants that remained in the Accenture hiring pipeline were transferred to CBP's own hiring center to complete the process. CBP cut ties with Accenture on processing applicants a few months ago, it retained some services, including marketing, advertising and applicant support. This week, the entire contract was terminated for "convenience," government speak for agreeing to part ways without placing blame on Accenture.

Source: CNN April 05, 2019 21:00 UTC