State to prosecute contractor
Source: BY MARC CAPUTO, Miami Herald (FL), Tue, Apr. 11, 2006
Florida's attorney general decided Monday to prosecute a false-claims case against the global firm Convergys, accused by a whistle-blower of fraudulently claiming it had security systems to protect the identities of state workers after it won Florida's massive human-resources management contract. Attorney General Charlie Crist's decision to pursue the case follows years of troubles tied to Convergys' $350 million contract -- the largest privatization effort in the state, called ''People First!'' -- to computerize and centralize Florida's human-resources system since 2002.