'The nature and scope of this work has raised questions' says CEO, who swears he couldn't spot it sooner

French consulting and tech services giant Capgemini has decided to offload Capgemini Government Solutions (CGS), the entity it uses for some work with the US government – including a controversial gig assisting immigration authorities.

The company on Sunday issued a brief statement that says it “determined that the customary legal restrictions imposed for contracting with federal government entities carrying out classified activities in the United States did not allow the Group to exercise appropriate control over certain aspects of the operations of this subsidiary to ensure alignment with the Group’s objectives.”

Capgemini will therefore “immediately” commence a divestiture process, a move that won’t cost it much because CGS delivers just 0.4 percent of global revenue and less than two percent of US revenue.

But in recent weeks CGS has been responsible for a huge percentage of Capgemini’s problems, after it won a contract with the United States ...