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US Air Force signs $79m deal with Accenture

To manage accounting systems...

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By Dan Ilett

Published: 28 March 2006 12:40 GMT

Accenture has won a $79m five-year contract with the US Air Force to build and manage its accounting systems.

Under the deal, Accenture will implement a Oracle system with help from Deloitte Consulting, Grant Thornton, IBM and Lockheed Martin.

The Defense Enterprise Accounting Management System, Deams, is a pilot scheme between the Air Force and the US Transportation Command to bring transparency into the organisations' finanical practices.

Deams is aimed at giving external auditors a bird's eye view of budgeting, accounting and performance management.

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