State whistleblowers are rewarded for challenging contract
Source: Bill Sloat, Plain Dealer (OH), Thursday, July 13, 2006
Cincinnati- Four state whistleblowers will split a $232,000 settlement from a welfare-reform contractor that they said billed Ohio at excessive rates and received payments for work it was never hired to perform. Some of that work included preparing data for one of Gov. Bob Taft's State of the State speeches, their lawyer said Wednesday. …… They sued American Management Systems Inc., which got nearly $120 million in state consulting contracts. Court records show the company negotiated a deal with the whistleblowers and Justice Department lawyers.