@mxsscott said:
I hope someone got fired / unelected after that lot of fiascos. It's amazing the amount of waste going on, and how was the CIO not put in charge of the IT staff from day 1? Who was in charge?
IIRC, it was handled by the CIO for the state welfare department who reported to the Head of the welfare department, not the CIO for the state governement. Technology services were much more de-centralized at the time. I believe the sitting governor was term-limited so there wasn't a whole lot of political pressure to get it right.
There is now a new state CIO who has more authority over things. He's stated he wants to consolidate a lot of services and resources (a la HP).