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Commissioners press county staff on Oracle dependency after vendor layoffs; staff outline plan to in‑house some work
Summary
After hearing that Oracle has laid off thousands of employees, Wayne County staff told the Government Operations Committee they will budget for in‑house positions in FY27, issue an RFP for managed services and wind down portions of staff‑augmentation contracts while continuing managed‑service agreements for Oracle support.
Commissioners at the Wayne County Government Operations Committee pressed staff about operational risk after staff said Oracle recently notified roughly 30,000 employees of layoffs.
Mike Jameson, Connect 43/Oracle program director, told the committee that a lead Oracle sales contact supporting the county was affected but that the vendor’s regional team absorbed the work. "Oracle sent an email to 30,000 of its employees," Jameson said, and staff reported that Oracle is refocusing…
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