Edit: A Good Time For IEN To Worry

“About five years ago, Idaho launched a project to link its far-flung public school system with a network of broadband and video conferencing. It put the $60 million project out to bid and two consortiums came out on top: Education Networks of America partnering with Syringa Networks and Qwest — now CenturyLink — allied with Verizon. Here’s how it was supposed to work: A professional director at the Idaho Department of Administration would have divvied up the work according to the specifications and the Idaho Education Network would have been underway. But Idaho Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter didn’t do business that way. He put his buddy and fellow wheeler-dealer, Mike Gwartney, in charge of administration”/ Marty Trillhaase , Lewiston Tribune. More here.