The auditors found officials mismanaged audits and failed to enforce price caps meant to hold down costs for local school building projects.
Department of Administrative Services
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Some construction audits were performed years late, reviewed by Diamantis himself
A review of 80 audits reveals a dysfunctional system for examining and managing billions of dollars in school construction projects.
Posted inInvestigations
Tax liens, lawsuits are part of state contractor’s history
A man on the state’s list of suppliers for masks and COVID tests once admitted to taking $1.8 million from his company’s pension fund.
Posted inPolitics
Best of 2019: ‘Change is coming, whether people like it or not’
Josh Geballe, commissioner of administrative services, predicts one-third of state employees will retire within three years. The Land of Steady Habits is about to get a jolt.
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‘Change is coming, whether people like it or not’
Josh Geballe, commissioner of administrative services, predicts one-third of state employees will retire within three years. The Land of Steady Habits is about to get a jolt.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont picks ex-IBM executive to run state’s ‘nerve center’
Former senior IBM executive Josh Geballe is nominated to run the Department of Administrative Services.
Posted inEducation
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.
Posted inMoney
Burned once, state upbeat on new office projects
Capitalizing on a soft real estate market, the state purchased three Hartford office towers in the early 1990s. But two of the deals quickly proved to be losers, a cautionary tale as the Malloy administration is investing in real estate to escape expensive leases. So far, the state is having better luck this time.
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Currey succeeds DeFronzo at DAS; Bremby, Redeker stay at DSS, DOT
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced one reappointment and two administrative changes Friday: Donald J. DeFronzo is retiring as the commissioner of administrative services and will be succeeded by Melody Currey, who now runs the Department of Motor Vehicles.
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New law will speed hiring of UConn police, reduce overtime cost
The Connecticut legislature has passed a measure that will speed the hiring of new University of Connecticut police officers, reducing high overtime costs and improving department morale.