Corbett has wasted $4.6 million so far on Brit's Lottery privatization scheme, with no end in sight

[JPZenger]

http://www.auditorgen.state.pa.us/Department/Press/DePasqLotteryPrivatiz121213.html

Excerpt:

"PA. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today urged the Governor or the General Assembly to take action by the end of this year to resolve Pennsylvania Lottery management privatization contract negotiations with British-owned Camelot Global Services Inc. The privatization initiative will cost taxpayers an estimated $4.6 million, or more than 11 percent of the Lottery’s annual operating budget.

“Enough already,” DePasquale said. “The commonwealth has spent millions on this lottery privatization effort and that number will continue to grow if this contract is not resolved – one way or another – by Dec. 31 when the agreement with Camelot Global Services Inc. expires.

DePasquale said his review of the contract reimbursements shows that costs for privatization consultants soared from the original $725,000 for three consultants to an estimated $4.6 million. The review followed the Corbett administration’s decision in late October to provide yet another extension on the contract he wants to award to Camelot Global Services Inc. The state attorney general rejected an initial contract in February 2013."

[dballance]

1. WTF? A foreign company?????

You can't convince me there is no qualified US company for this work.

[JPZenger]

2. Only a single bid was submitted. It could lock up the lottery for 30 years with a Brit. Corporation