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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has ordered state officials to fix and simplify the state's public procurement and contracting processes.
Critical Audit: The governor's order stemmed from a critical review and report from the state Comptroller's Office that showed errors, violations of state law, and illegal practices on major state and local contracts. "You have to react to it," Christie stated after learning about the problems.
Negligence, Corruption, and Lack of Training: Christie placed the blame for the problems on a combination of negligence and corruption. "Some of it is corruption, but I think even more of it is negligence," the governor noted. He also expressed concern that "we don't have enough people who are expert in this [public procurement] to do it the right way."
Review and Report Due This Spring: The focus of the review by the state treasurer's office will be to simplify the procurement process, and provide sufficient training for both state and local agencies in public procurement. A report is expected to reach the governor's desk sometime in the spring with recommendations.
More Information: For more information, click here to read an article from www.nj.com.
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