North Carolina CIO Sees Restructuring as Key to Success

Government Technology: A Feb. 3, 2015, report by the Office of North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood found several weaknesses in contract practices and IT procurement processes. For instance, “the State Board of Elections paid a vendor nearly $1 million to replace the State’s Campaign Finance System and received nothing in return,” the report stated. In his Feb. 4 State of the State address, Gov. Pat McCrory called for a new cabinet-level Department of Information Technology to address many of the issues highlighted in the audit.

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