Kramer will be receiving 10 month's salary or nearly $317,000 in compensation under an agreement reached with eHealth board, according to the Canadian Press.

The eHealth scandal underscores the growing need for government agencies to top up its in-house resources of IT talent, according to one technology analyst.

"It's really unfortunate, but the amount that eHealth Ontario spends on consultants is pretty standard among government agencies," said Carmi Levy a London, Ont.-based independent technology industry analyst.

The problem is most agencies do not have their IT specialists among their staff and are dependent on outside consultants that charge a hefty fee for their services, Levy said. "When you have government agencies exploring new territories and they also need to deliver results within a short time frame, this sort of thing is bound to happen."

"Clearly, the more government projects become tech-driven, it becomes imperative for government agencies to evolve and develop technology expertise from within," Levy said.