Approval of Connecticut tax credits for data center bypassed required review

Approval of Connecticut tax credits for data center bypassed required review

The commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) David Lehman approved awarding at least twenty years’ worth of tax credits to Cigna Corp to update their data center in Windsor through email, bypassing the required review process, according to a report from the Auditors of Public Accounts. “DECD could not provide documentation to show that the program director reviewed and signed off on the letter of inte…