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<h1 style="text-align: center;">on Canadian government spending ...</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;library and archives canada built a digital repository, a way to gather information digitally and then process it.</li>
<li>] this .gov department approved the system, built the system, tested the system&nbsp;for a cost of approximately $15.4 M</li>
<li>] They never used the system.&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;They didn't use it because of a "change in approach"</li>
<li>] There is no documentation available as to why they abondoned the system.</li>
<li>] They were able to re-allocate about 1M of hardware purchased for the system to other areas.</li>
<li>] so they really only wasted $14.4 M &nbsp;</li>
<li>] meanwhile the backlog of "records to archive" continues to&nbsp;grow,</li>
<li>] 98,000 boxes of records ...</li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li>] <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/auditor-general-s-fall-2014-report-15m-library-and-archives-canada-system-never-used-1.2849260" target="_blank">http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/auditor-general-s-fall-2014-report-15m-library-and-archives-canada-system-never-used-1.2849260</a></li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li>] 2014-11-25</li>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2>
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<h2>[HOW-TO]</h2>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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