Contractors have received $29.7 million under the voided Idaho Education Network contract. Should the state try to get this money back? It’s one of the many legal issues surrounding the defunct statewide broadband system. And it’s one many state officials don’t want to talk about. Syringa Networks, the Boise-based company that successfully sued under the contract, has argued in court documents that the state’s Department of Administration needs to seek money back from its network contractors, Education Networks of America and CenturyLink. Syringa points to a section of state law, that says that any money advanced under a void contract “shall be repaid forthwith”/Kevin Richert, IDEDNews.org. More here.

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