Dear Speaker Smith,
This morning I read the Times Argus article;
(http://www.timesargus.com/article/20091104/NEWS01/911040358/1002/NEWS01)
about the Department of Innovation and Information (DII) hiring Technology
Partners International (TPI), a subsidiary of Information Services Group,
Inc. (ISG) (NASDAQ:III, IIIIU, IIIIW) Houston, Texas $300,000.00 to study
how to get rid of the State Mainframe and outsource State IT support jobs.
The Barre Open Systems Institute, which has in the past supported your
office by presenting persuasive white papers on state Information
Technology cost savings, (http://www.flint.com/vtccp) would very much like
to know if there is anyone who can answer a few related questions;
0. Did bidder qualification require use of out-of-state contractors?
1. May we gain a copy of the original specification TPI and the other 7
firms based their proposals on?
2. May we additionally gain a copy of the resulting report or drafts in
order to re-butt?
3. Could a fraction of these funds (say one percent) be made available to
Vermont State organizations in order to support rebuttal?
In these last days of the Douglas Administration, the Vermont
Telecommunications Authority (VTA) and DII are about to make irrevocable
changes to the IT infrastructure of the State of Vermont. The choices
made and long term commitments entered into will further exacerbate the
disastrous technology choices that have characterized the Douglas
administration to date. It is essential to the welfare of Vermont that
the technology strategies and architectures currently being developed and
imposed be reviewed and considered with extreme care. Based upon the past
performance of Fairpoint, State Labor relations, Burlington Telecom, EC
fiber, the State College Telecommunication procurement as well as other
smaller yet no less dismal failures, it is necessary to plead that adult
supervision be brought to bear on this out-of-control process.
The Barre Open Source Institute, a Vermont organization humbly asks merely
to be allowed access to the private, darkened rooms where these poor
choices are being considered and implemented.
We can help.
Kindest Regards,
Paul Flint
(802) 479-2360
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