Ind. budget panel to look into welfare contract

Source: Associated Press, 2:36 PM CDT, July 28, 2009

Legislative leaders have appointed the powerful State Budget Committee to investigate whether IBM Corp. and its partners are fulfilling their obligations under a more than $1 billion contract to privatize welfare intake in Indiana.  The Legislative Council consisting of the four caucus leaders, including Senate President Pro Tem David Long and House Speaker Patrick Bauer, passed a resolution Monday assigning the review of the IBM contract to the Budget Committee and other topics to various interim study committees.