“An audit commissioned by the Cobb County School Board accused the superintendent’s office of lying to the board and to taxpayers about the county’s controversial laptop computer program,” Jon Shirek reports for WXIA-TV Atlanta. “Cobb County Schools Superintendent Joseph Redden Monday read a statement blasting the audit, and defended the bidding and procurement process.”
“‘I have complete confidence in the process. Nowhere does the report identify that any professional procurement standards were violated,’ Redden said. ‘Again, I am disturbed by the report’s insinuations and disparaging tone and look forward to the opportunity to respond in detail very soon. We stand by the procurement process that selected Apple as the vendor for Power to Learn, and strongly believe that any credible evaluation of that process from beginning to end will show that it was exceedingly thorough, and resulted in the right proposal being chosen,'” Shirek reports.
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