AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A state contracting scandal that has cost top Texas health officials their jobs and dealt new Republican Gov. Greg Abbott an early test was enabled by a lack of ethics and accountability, a state audit concluded Thursday.
The report is another black eye for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, which has spent months getting ripped by lawmakers over a $110 million no-bid contract to an Austin tech company that was hired to root out Medicaid fraud. That deal has since been canceled.
via Audit: Lack Of ‘Ethics’ Enabled $110M No-Bid State Contract « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth.