Idaho Broadband Contract in Limbo

Government Technology: The $60 million contract for a statewide school broadband network – one of Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s proudest achievements – is in limbo after being scrapped by a judge who ruled it was improperly awarded.

The ruling late Monday affects the 5-year-old broadband and video-conferencing network along with the tens of millions of dollars already spent on the project linking Idaho high schools, dubbed the Idaho Education Network.

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