1 Amendments of Cornelia ERNST related to 2018/2210(DEC)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that for the development and implementation of IT projects eu-LISA applies an outsourcing model where some 90 % of the related work is carried out by three contractors; acknowledges that IT projects are owned by and under the control of the Agency but fears that a model under which the evolution and development activities for such sensitive IT systems is outsourced to such extend creates risks of over-reliance on contractors; highlights that the small number of staff in key operational units creates risks for the continuity of operations; points out that by extension, risks for the continuity of the Agency's operations translate into risks for the functioning of the Schengen area; requests eu-LISA to take adequate long- term measures at both organisational and possibly technological/operational level to mitigate those risks in the long run; requests eu- LISA to ensure that the contractors are not bound by any laws of third countries that could bring them into conflict with the necessary confidentiality arrangements with eu-LISA;