A year after withholding public disclosure of the price of taxpayer-funded purchases, Comptroller Kevin Lembo changed course.
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Saudi role in journalist’s alleged murder threatens CT defense contracts
WASHINGTON – Sikorsky and other U.S. defense contractors are in a tough spot because of the alleged murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul 17 days ago.
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State auditors looking into vo-tech system contracts
Connecticut’s state auditors have joined other state and federal officials in investigating contracts between the state’s vocational-technical school system and two Rocky Hill-based marking and consulting firms.
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State watchdog launches investigation into vo-tech contracts
The watchdog board that oversees state contracts will investigate whether Connecticut’s vocational-technical school system improperly spent millions of dollars over the past three years on marketing and consulting contracts with two Rocky Hill-based firms.
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Union: DOT can save by doing more work in-house
As Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s transportation enhancement plan advances, the union the state’s transportation engineers offered new evidence this week that its members can do the job more cost-effectively than the private sector could.
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Navy, Army go forward with purchase of 102 Sikorsky helicopters
The Navy, citing budget problems, had wanted to end a multi-year joint contract with the Army to buy 102 helicopters from Sikorsky, but the Navy has reversed itself and will go ahead.