Maryland greenlights new $445M tech contracts while ‘unable to explain’ past $1.03B spend

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Maryland greenlights new $445M tech contracts while ‘unable to explain’ past $1.03B spend

Maryland’s spending board approved $445 million in new information technology contracts despite lawmakers still having unanswered questions about $1.03 billion in IT project spending that a legislative audit showed a state agency could not explain. The Maryland Board of Public Works (BPW) hearing, typically chaired by Gov. Wes Moore, was kicked off on Wednesday morning with Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller serving in his seat as his proxy. Before the board…