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  • CA: Savings on car deal overstated, contractor safeguards questioned

    02/15/2005 3:12:23 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 2 replies · 274+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 2/15/05 | Tom Chorneau - AP
    SACRAMENTO (AP) - Under pressure to show results from one of the governor's key budget initiatives, the state's Department of General Services announced last month that a new procurement program saved state and local taxpayers $1.1 million on an order for 1,600 police cars. But the state will actually save less than $75,000, according to purchasing records and interviews - a result that may prove to be the latest in a trail of disappointments for the "strategic sourcing" program, which faces a Senate hearing in the coming weeks and growing criticism among lawmakers. Launched by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in June...