PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: Colorado-based Ciber Inc. snagged a 2005 Turnpike Commission contract with a $3.2 million bid almost seven times higher than IBM’s $496,0low bid, a decision that reeked of insider dealing, witnesses told a grand jury.
The Ciber contract, some witnesses testified, wasn’t even necessary. It grew by $62.7 million in 2006, an extension the grand jury called “dramatic and unprecedented.”
The grand jury’s more than three-year investigation into turnpike operations resulted in charges this month against eight people… (more)
