Tag: State Transportation Department
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State audit: Colorado Department of Transportation’s $4.1 billion in spending lacked sound policies
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Since 2012, the Colorado Department of Transportation spent $4.1 billion on construction projects that bypassed strict low-bid practices, but while doing so the state agency lacked sound policies guiding such spending, which resulted in statutory violations and payments above fair market value, a Colorado state auditor report concluded. The performance audit, requested by Republican legislators…
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A heartfelt thanks to our readers on the Denver Gazette’s first birthday
“Finally … News!” That was my favorite reader response to the launch of The Denver Gazette, which celebrates its first birthday today. That comment succinctly captures the entire reason we started up a brand new digital newspaper and summarizes the core of our mission: to bring Denver the news as straight as possible. In the…
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CDOT supervisor: ‘We don’t do things here that comply with the rules’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On Dec. 14, 2018 at 3:51 p.m. John Olson, an appraisal supervisor for the Colorado Department of Transportation, sent an email to an employee he managed. At issue was the employee’s urgent complaint that proper appraisal procedures weren’t being used by “good ole boys” at…