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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

State Tech Agency Lacked Controls Over $158M Federally Funded Broadband Project, Audit Finds

The Department of Information Technology did not maintain adequate internal controls in managing a $158 million project to upgrade and expand Maryland’s high-speed fiber optics infrastructure that was funded predominantly by federal stimulus dollars, state auditors found.

The auditor found problems with contracting practices, construction oversight, monitoring of sub-grants and cash control. The Legislative Audit report on DoIT also revealed deficiencies in three other areas: major IT development projects; cloud services; and disaster recovery controls.

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2 comments:

  1. sOOO, BASICALLY YOU PASS A TAX/ FEE TO CREATE A SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE and then just steal the money and line the pockets of the Masters, and just look around at no one to blame. Whodunnit? IDK!

    Next project!

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  2. isn't this the same type of cable they've been running out here on Dagsboro rd. forever? no wonder it's taking so long. cable is everywhere and this job never seems to end.

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