ACS suit claims documents mishandled
Source: Lynn Bonner, Barbara Barrett and Anne Blythe, News Observer (NC), July 21, 2006
The company that had a lucrative state contract taken away last week is suing the Department of Health and Human Services and a state employee for alleged violations of the state Public Records Act. Last week, the state canceled its contract with Affiliated Computer Services, which in 2004 won a $171 million, five-year agreement to build and run the state's Medicaid billing system. The project is behind schedule, and the state and the company fought over deadlines and money.