Ex-state workers file complaint over firing
Source: MIKE DENNISON, Helena Independent Record (MT), 12/14/05
A half-dozen computer experts who lost their jobs on a state Justice Department project are taking legal action, saying the state deceived them about the length and nature of the job. ...... They lost their jobs in May after the Justice Department shifted gears on its $22.5 million project to computerize motor-vehicle records, deciding to hand it over to a private company in what became a $15.9 million contract. “They gave the work they promised to us to the contractor, BearingPoint, without any explanation other than it was a business decision,” said Katherin Clemmence, the lead plaintiff in the case. ...... The six workers said they left good-paying jobs, some in other states, to move to Helena and work on the Justice Department project, which is one of the largest computer projects in state government.