Utah Procurement Exec Facing “Harassment Audit” from Suppliers
The Salt Lake Tribune has an interesting story about the state’s Chief Procurement Officer Kent Beers, who has been repeatedly questioned over the award of an online procurement software contract to SciQuest. According to the story, a lobbyist complained Beers violated rules in awarding the contract, but an independent audit came back clean. Next the lobbyist complained to legislators, but a legislative audit similarly came back clean. Tani Downing, executive director of the Utah Department of Administrative Services a month ago, said the same lobbyist was again asking for an investigation. “We cannot allow this to happen in the future where someone who did not get a contract goes through and continues to rage and pull up things, which have already been settled,” said Downing. “That is a disgrace to the state of Utah.”
President Trump Pledges to Keep LGBT Executive Order in Place
The White House issued a statement yesterday saying President Donald Trump would enforce President Barack Obama’s executive order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating against workers based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. “President Donald J. Trump is determined to protect the rights of all Americans, including the LGBTQ community,” read the statement.
VA’s Inspector General Finds Flaws in Cloud Brokerage Contract
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of the VA’s procurement of a cloud brokerage system, and found that it had limited functionality that “prevented it from being used in a production environment.” The VA awarded a $2 million on the contract, but total production costs exceeded $5 million, the OIG found, and “[t]he project manager did not ensure that formal testing and acceptance were conducted on project deliverables.”
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