What an idiot, absolute idiot the Governor is.
CMS is “ruffling some feathers” because it is changing purchasing policies established 10 to 12 years ago by Holland, who worked on reforming state purchasing laws, Blagojevich said.
Which misses the point of nearly every finding—the law was not followed in regards to RFPs, RFPs were changed with individuals working on them benefiting from the changes, RFPs were modified to fit particular bids instead of giving all bidders reasonable chances and then much of the bid was reinstated after being awarded at a lower level. That’s changing business, but it’s doing it to the benefit of particular companies and fails to meet any definition of reform.
Further, the savings cannot be documented–the agency in the most bizarre defense ever–insisted they estimated savings as they claim the law wanted, but they can’t demonstrate them. It’s nothing more than Faith Based Accounting.