:ConsortiumInfo: Linda Hamel's Challenge to a Transfer of IT Power in Massachusetts
ConsortiumInfo: Linda Hamel's Challenge to a Transfer of IT Power in Massachusetts Dec 12, 2005, 16 :00 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (9051 reads) (Other stories by Andy Updegrove)
"As has been widely reported, including in this blog (see, for example, The Fix is in on ODF and A Nasty Little Turf Battle on Beacon Hill), an amendment was recently added to an economic bill in the Massachusetts Senate that would, if enacted, transfer control over most meaningful state IT decisions to a new politically appointed 'task force.' The bill to which that amendment is attached has not yet been adopted, but may be early in the New Year, if not sooner.
"On November 16, General Counsel to the Commonwealth's Information Technology Division (ITD) Linda Hamel released a legal brief substantiating State CIO Peter Quinn and the ITD's legal authority to adopt ODF..."
