It's certainly not relatively new, but it has certainly escalated in the last three or four years. We've seen staff leave and not be replaced, and billions of dollars--and I'm not using the “B” lightly--being outsourced to companies such as IBM and Telus and ICG for computer systems servicing--without review of the cost, without review of value for money, for example.
On October 28th, 2009. See this statement in context.