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The article offers information on the scandal related to the CityTime, software system that was meant to improve the payroll administration of New York. It mentions that Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) was granted the contract worth 63 million dollars for the software system. It offers information on the New York State Consortium for the Advancement of Postdoctoral Fellows (NYCAPS), information tracking system developed by Accenture that cost 363 million dollars to taxpayers.

The article reports on the time keeping system contract for New York City that was assigned to Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) in March 2003. It reports on the reasons for the cost and time overruns for the project, also called CityTime, which include bureaucratic roadblock from Human Resource Administration and opposition from unions such as Civil Service Technical Guild. It also reports on the desperation on the part of SAIC to complete the project to sell it to other cities.

The article reports various issues related to information technology (IT) consulting costs and contracts in the New York City. Topics discussed include New York City Comptroller, Scott Stringer's, views on misspending of taxpayers' money due to lack of government accountability, New York City's issues with IT contractors such as Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) and measures taken by the U.S. government to increase IT procurement and reduce fraud and waste.

The article reports that Michael Bloomberg, governor of New York City has expressed to Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) that it should pay the city more than 600 million dollars in reimbursements for its troubled information technology (IT) project. SAIC was given a contract to modernize the municipal payroll system in which its employees got engaged in kickback schemes and fraud. Bloomberg mentioned that SAIC should pay for expenses the city made on investigating its fraud.