States Archives - Checks and Balances Project

Coordination or Coincidence? 2 NYC Agencies Say They’ll Respond on the Same Day to Our Records Request

2019-11-13

The old-school definition of Freedom of Information means that the public has a right to most documents that are created by officials whose work and salaries are paid by taxpayers. A newer version, it seems, means that public officials have the obligation to protect a government agency from possible embarrassment by hiding documents.

Which NYC Official Failed to Collect Ivalua’s $25M Bond for Non-Performance — and Why?

2019-09-30

Two years and tens of millions of dollars into a contract for an eProcurement system, there was no design.

NYC’s Chief Procurement Officer Left Town as Ivalua eProcurement Project Melted Down

2019-09-19

Michael Owh moved to Los Angeles as the bungled, $30.5 million contract missed deadline after deadline. Now costs are approaching $50 million and the custom built platform intended for use by 40 city agencies still doesn’t work as promised.

While de Blasio Runs for President, Things Get Curious at NYC City Hall

2019-09-10

At the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services, the responses to our public records requests make the staff look like they’re hiding something.

Did the de Blasio Admin. Collect Ivalua’s $25 Million Bond for Non-Performance?

2019-09-4

Two years after the $30.5 million contract was signed, the expensive project to custom-build an online eProcurement platform for use by City government agencies didn’t work as promised. But instead of cancelling the contract it was increased by $15 million.

Should Doctors Reveal Financial Conflicts When Speaking in the Media?

2019-07-18

We asked Denise Pines, president of the Medical Board of California, about three apparent conflicts Stanford’s John G. Brock-Utne, MD, failed to reveal.

Dr. Brock-Utne’s Board Membership at Son’s Medical Software Co. Sparks Questions

2019-06-26

Physicians Against Drug Shortages Co-Chair Brock-Utne fails to declare ties to Issio Solutions in article that calls hospital marketplace “corrupt.”

C&BP Analysis: NYC Pays 340x More Per Agency for an e-Procurement System than Dallas

2019-05-17

It appears that KPMG used persistent lobbying to obtain the $30,515,448.83 contract. The Dallas system cost just under $50,000.

“I’m No Longer a Member” of Physicians Against Drug Shortages Says Dr. Marion Mass

2019-05-16

We encountered Dr. Mass in the doorway of the Members Room of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2019. It was shortly before the Free to Care Health Care Conference, that Mass had co-hosted, was about to begin.

California Medical Board Sent Allegations Detailing Dr. Brock-Utne’s Non-Disclosure of Nearly $50,000 from Drug and Medical Device Firms

2019-03-7

Unanswered Ethics Questions of Physicians Against Drug Shortages Co-Chair Leads to Inquiry to Board’s Complaint Unit.