That process continued as Dell outsourced the management of its supply chain, and then the design of its computers themselves.

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It remains to be seen whether PwC will charge the Academy for the additional technical and project management support the firm probably provided this year to help design and implement the new electronic voting process and insure it was safe from hackers and inaccurate counts.

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