PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: The Pennsylvania Turnpike spent nearly $50 million more than necessary to buy computer software, which doesn’t work as it should, according to internal agency documents the Tribune-Review obtained.
Turnpike executives are discussing whether to spend more public dollars to replace the software, purchased as part of a no-bid contract with a company under scrutiny in a corruption case.
“It’s an operating system, and if it’s not operating (properly), it really sets you back. It is of deep concern to me and the commissioners,” Pennsylvania Turnpike CEO Mark Compton said… (more)
