Virginia legislators today roughed out their forthcoming investigation of the state's troubled information technology agency and its $2.3 billion contract with Northrop Grumman.
The Senate Finance Committee is turning over the inquiry to a subcommittee responsible for overseeing the nuts and bolts of government.
That subcommittee is headed by Sen. Yvonne Miller, D-Norfolk. It holds its first meeting on June 29.
The Finance Committee chairman, Sen. Charles Colgan, D-Prince William, said the investigation is necessary because "the integrity of our governmental processes has been questioned in the press and elsewhere."
Last week, the board that oversees the Virginia Information Technologies Agency fired its director, Lemuel C. Stewart Jr., after he challenged a $14.3 million bill from Northrop Grumman.
Stewart, head of the agency for five years, said the state is not getting its money's worth from Northrop Grumman.
The company has been hired for 10 years to supply IT services to the state. That contract is the biggest and priciest privatization effort by Virginia government.
-- Jeff E. Schapiro
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