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What Hawkins Knew: The State's Health Czar Is Blaming Accenture For A Program He Was Told Would Likely Fail

Source: Dave Mann, The Texas Observer, Vol. 99 no. 7, April 6, 2007

In a misguided, poorly executed effort to let the private sector bring “efficiency” to Texas government, the state has squandered at least $100 million, cheated hundreds of thousands of needy Texans out of benefits, and now risks millions of dollars in federal fines for botching things up so badly.