Board of Ed Tech Resembling CityTime Grand Theft? So Much Wrong Tech NYC Under Bloomberg, Ex-Consultant Accused of Stealing Millions From Schools -- so much consultants stealing yet he lay-offs the NYC gov pouring money in to tech deals that are mostly flawed but make consultants wealthier

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/ex-consultant-accused-of-stealing-millions-from-schools/

From The New York Times an excerpt -- click above to keep reading!

A former consultant for the Department of Education surrendered to federal authorities on Thursday to face charges that he stole $3.6 million in the six years he worked managing projects that were meant to provide Internet access to city schools.

Verizon and I.B.M., the largest of the vendors involved in the projects, played a role in the scheme and profited from it, according to the city’s special commissioner of investigation, Richard J. Condon.

The allegations emerged just as the department is gearing up to increase its technology spending by roughly $550 million in the next year alone, even as it contends with sharp drops in state aid that could force teacher layoffs.

http://www.gothamgazette.com/blogs/wonkster/2011/04/28/another-black-eye-for-ed-dept-tech-effort/