State Not Reining In Contract Corruption
Source: SAL LUCIANO, executive director of Council 4 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Hartford Courant (CT), June 21, 2007
The 2007 legislative session ended with the deafening sounds of silence - and for the third year in a row, no meaningful reform of the state contracting system. ……. For years we have said that privatization equals corruption. We have seen costly failures in numerous areas where our members work, such as social services, child welfare and corrections.