Obsolete computer system hinders money management of charity for disabled

An obsolete computer system at the state-financed National Fund for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled (PFRON) means the fund is unable to collect its accounts receivables on time. A report by the Supreme Board of Control (NIK) says zl. 4.5 million worth of accounts receivable is overdue. For several years now, NIK has been reporting PFRON does not have a full database of companies who are obligated to pay premiums to the fund and that it also has problems controlling companies benefiting from the charity. The computer system at PFRON dates from 1993. The fund's management used to blame problems on the computer because it was new; now it says the system is obsolete. It cannot afford to buy a new system and was to have the use of Social Insurance Company's (ZUS) computers. However, ZUS is having major problems getting its new system up and running. (Rzeczpospolita, page A1) T.J.