Regier's computer seized in DCF probe

Regier's computer seized in DCF probe

Inspector general investigators probing contracts awarded by the
Department of Children & Families have seized material from the work
computer of the agency's secretary, Jerry Regier, a newspaper reported
Friday.

The Miami Herald reported that investigators from Gov. Jeb Bush's
inspector general's office confiscated at least some of the contents
of Regier's computer and some from Deputy Secretary Ben Harris' in
connection with an investigation of how the agency awards contracts to
outside vendors.

Harris and Information Technology Director Glenn Palmiere are on paid
leave during the investigation into allegations that a trip to
Australia was paid for by a contractor to tout the company's product.
The investigation goes back to March.

Regier's spokesman Bill Spann declined to comment on the confiscation
of Regier's computer files, saying he couldn't talk about an ongoing
inquiry.

Bush said earlier this week that he wasn't aware of any investigation
of Regier himself.

Published reports have said DCF awarded a $21 million contract to
upgrade the state's child-welfare computer system to a company whose
board of directors included former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, who
was Regier's boss in his previous job heading that state's
child-welfare agency.

Keating reportedly recommended Regier to Bush.

The company, AMS Inc., submitted neither the lowest nor the best bid
for the contract, according to DCF's initial tabulations, the Herald
reported last week.
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And before the 45M expended on the previous faulty computer system.

Wex, what is about FL?

Kane assures us that computer programming is SO ARCANE, (PUN) that such funds
are normal.

They could probably buy a template computer system, avaliable off the shelf,
that would apply to entire US.

Save the taxpayers a bunch of money.

CPS= Cracked Programming Systems