no-bid contract

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, October 6, the Contract Review Committee met and agreed to delay a $1.3 million legal services contract after State Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) presented objections to the controversial unbid contract to provide legal services for Alabama Medicaid to implement their RCO plan. Zeigler filed a request to delay … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, October 4, 2016 state Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) has asked the legislature’s Contract Review Committee to delay a controversial $1.3 million contract for legal services for implementation of the regional care organizations (RCOs) to deliver Medicaid healthcare. Auditor Zeigler said that the contract needs to be scrapped, and … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—A lawsuit was filed late Thursday night in Montgomery Circuit Court, over the $47 million dollar black hole known as STAARS. At the heart of the complaint is the no-bid contract entered into by Governor Robert Bentley and the State Department of Finance. The suit brought by State Auditor … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Varying stories about a law-enforcement raid on the State Department of Finance have been circulating in Montgomery and on the Internet. According to several sources with knowledge of the events that occurred at the Information Services Division, law-enforcement’s seizure is related to a recently hired contractor, who was not … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The State Department of Finance has been in full spin-mode since it was revealed that their $47 million dollar “failure-to-pay” STAARS software system is a disaster. Director Bill Newton and his assistant Rex McDowell, who tried to hide the debacle by closing Open Alabama Checkbook, are culpable for the … Continued