Virginia’s ambitious partnership with Northrop Grumman to modernize, synchronize, and secure the state’s information technology network is behind schedule and apparently over budget. On BILL
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that, everyone can agree. However, I took exception to several points contained throughout the Sept. 13 front-page story “Unfulfilled Promises Haunt VITA.“

Richmond Mayor-elect Dwight Clinton Jones met this week with committees helping his transition into City Hall but said he’ll wait until next month before rolling out any plans. “I’m very pleased with the process,“ Jones said Tuesday afternoon after wrapping up his sixth briefing of the day and seventh overall. “The citizens have taken it very seriously, very conscientiously.“

Richmond Mayor-elect Dwight Clinton Jones takes office on Thursday as the city’s second elected mayor under a new form of government. Richmond Mayor-elect Dwight Clinton Jones met this week with committees helping his transition into City Hall but said he’ll wait until next month before rolling out any plans. “I’m very pleased with the process,“ Jones said Tuesday afternoon after wrapping up his sixth briefing of the day and seventh overall. “The citizens have taken it very seriously, very conscientiously.“