sentences:  It described the former National Programme for IT as one of the "worst and most expensive contracting fiascos" ever.The costs of the venture should have been lessened by the contracts signed by the IT providers making them liable for huge sums of money if they withdrew from the project; however, when Accenture withdrew in September 2006, then Director-General for NPfIT Richard Granger charged them not £1bn, as the contract permitted, but just £63m.Granger's first job was with Andersen Consulting, which later became Accenture.