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Cairycat

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Fri Aug 7, 2020, 03:14 PM Aug 2020

$21M COVID relief money for already planned computer system

The system is from a company whose lobbyist is REYNOLDS' FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF and it's not clear how useful it will be.

Any more, it's hardly newsworthy that a Republican politician would take money intended help people to buy stuff from a buddy's company. From the article:


Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has transferred $21 million intended for Iowa coronavirus relief to help pay for a computer system already in the works before the pandemic.

It’s unclear how useful the system would be during COVID-19 because it’s not scheduled to be implemented until next summer for human resources and July 2022 for finance.

The state signed contracts in October and February to pay Workday $50 million over five years for the new system, skipping traditional competitive bidding procedures and choosing a company whose lobbyist, Jake Ketzner, was Reynolds’ former chief of staff.

When The Gazette in March detailed the unusual route the state took to arrive at a contract with Workday, the governor’s office said Ketzner was not involved.


https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/21-million-in-covid-19-aid-goes-toward-iowa-computer-system-20200807?
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$21M COVID relief money for already planned computer system (Original Post) Cairycat Aug 2020 OP
You got to be kidding,Workday. Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #1
They don't even bother to hide their corruption anymore. progressoid Aug 2020 #2
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