by Zachary Janowski | Dec 18, 2012 | Features, Taxes & Spending
Federal authorities arrested a Connecticut employee of the United States Postal Service Thursday on charges he set up a company to profit from construction contracts he oversaw. Robert Giulietti, 55, of Cheshire, was charged with bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud and...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 12, 2012 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
State officials are moving toward the establishment of a Department of Housing as provided for in last-minute budget legislation passed earlier this year despite a deficit of at least $365 million and administration talking points on reducing the size of state...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 5, 2012 | Blog, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
State auditors found the Department of Administrative Services and another small agency gave merit pay or performance bonuses to managers without the proper employee evaluations on file, raising questions about the legitimacy of the performance pay program. The...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 4, 2012 | Blog, Energy, State Budget
Awash in deficits, Connecticut needs to find some places to cut. Why, in the age of Amazon.com and self-publishing, does the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection have a book...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 3, 2012 | Features, General
The New Jersey Treasury Department adopted Connecticut’s disaster cleanup contract in the days following landfall of Hurricane Sandy, avoiding the standard competitive bidding process. The use of another state’s contract, sometimes called cooperative purchasing or...
