BY DENNIS HOLLIER “It’s OK as long as it’s for the children,” says Marion Higa. Photo: Kevin Blitz“It’s OK as long as it’s for the children,” says Marion Higa. The state auditor smiles wanly to show she’s being sarcastic while commenting on her office’s two-part 2009 audit of procurement at the Department of Education. That’s…
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Hawaii Procurement Wastes $200 Million
For most people, government is simply the sum of the services it provides: security and safety, for example, in the form of police and fire departments; education, in the form of schools and libraries; and transportation, in the form of roads, harbors and airports. Citizens can measure their government by how effectively it provides those…