BERLIN, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- German labor agency efforts to develop an Internet job market, recently abandoned due to cost overruns, have drawn accusations of corruption.
Frank-Juergen Weise, head of the German labor agency told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung the awarding of some Internet job market contracts might have been corrupt.
The German attorney general's office is currently investigating accusations of corruptions stemming from anonymous tips. So far, no suspects have been named.
Wednesday evening, the labor agency announced the Internet job market, which was originally slated to cost 65 million euros ($81 million), could likely not be finished for less than 165 million euros ($205 million).
The agency stopped the project and fired its head.
Weise told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Thursday, there is evidence rising costs were kept from the labor agency board of directors and some contracts had not been approved by the proper authorities.
Weise said his agency is currently in talks with the consulting firm Accenture, which won the lead contract to develop the job market. He said work on the project will eventually continue with Accenture or another firm.
