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Oracle probe expands to Y2K consultant He shifted between state, private jobs
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | May 8, 2002 | Robert Salladay

Posted on 05/08/2002 7:45:47 AM PDT by John Jorsett

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:40:16 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Sacramento -- Lawmakers looking into the Oracle contracting scandal have widened their probe to include a former consultant who guided California through the Y2K crisis after working for a company that made millions from state Y2K work.

The interest in a technology expert hired by Gov. Gray Davis' administration three years ago is part of a larger effort to investigate a Capitol culture that permits consultants to move back and forth freely between private and government work.


(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: calgov2002

1 posted on 05/08/2002 7:45:47 AM PDT by John Jorsett
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To: Ernest_at_the_beach
FYI
2 posted on 05/08/2002 7:46:05 AM PDT by John Jorsett
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To: John Jorsett
Y2K :-? OK ... Now I Get IT !!!

GraYouT DeViou$ Has hoiSted His lil self on a pittard of his own making

That's what micromanagement will do to such a nice fella :-)

How many skeleton$ doe$ GraYout have, anyway?

Curiou$ & Inquirin' VoTers might be a'wantin' to see some more investigations goin' on all summer :-)

SEMPER FI
Norm
3 posted on 05/08/2002 8:02:24 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: John Jorsett
The committee now wants to question David Lema, a high-tech consultant and former state technology chief the state hired for $930,000 in 1999.

Whoa! Is $930,000 the going rate for high-tech consultants or is this just the going rate in CA?

That being asked, this article appears as nothing more than a deflection leak from the bowels of the state capital. Sounds like this guy played by the rules. Davis is desperate to deflect the investigation out of his inner circle and out into the evil greedy private sector somehow. That's what this looks like.

4 posted on 05/08/2002 8:48:09 AM PDT by randita
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5 posted on 05/08/2002 10:18:39 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: ElkGroveDan
What do you know about ElkGroveDave (Lema)? Anything beyond this story?
6 posted on 05/08/2002 10:22:27 AM PDT by d14truth
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The scoundrel! No friend of mine, he must be the guy on the block who never mows his lawn.
7 posted on 05/08/2002 10:26:53 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan
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