Monday, February 14, 2005
Key claim in lawsuit questioned
Internal county documents do not support a key claim in a lawsuit that county officials unfairly favored Affiliated Computer Services Inc., Solano's long-time information-technology firm.
Kenneth Phillips, former chief information officer for the county, claims in his suit against the county that he convinced an influential advisory committee in 2000 to put Solano's information technology services out to bid.
That decision was overridden by County Administrator Michael Johnson, who the suit charges enjoyed lavish golf outings courtesy of ACS to keep out the competition.
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Internal county documents do not support a key claim in a lawsuit that county officials unfairly favored Affiliated Computer Services Inc., Solano's long-time information-technology firm.
Kenneth Phillips, former chief information officer for the county, claims in his suit against the county that he convinced an influential advisory committee in 2000 to put Solano's information technology services out to bid.
That decision was overridden by County Administrator Michael Johnson, who the suit charges enjoyed lavish golf outings courtesy of ACS to keep out the competition.
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