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Legislators press DOC for program-level costs, ask auditors to review contracts
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Members of a Montana legislative subcommittee asked the Department of Corrections to produce program-level cost estimates starting with the HiSET education program and signaled intent to review DOC contracting, including food contracts that some members say favor nonlocal vendors.
Helena — Members of a Montana legislative subcommittee asked Department of Corrections staff to produce program-level cost estimates, beginning with the agency’s HiSET education program, and said they will pursue further review of DOC contracts, including food contracts that members said appear to favor nonlocal vendors.
The request to cost individual programs was made during an informal work session the panel described as a day to ask questions and “do clean up.” Chair Nee told members she and staff met with DOC officials and asked them to start by documenting the full cost of routine programs…
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