RFSTUF

State wants out of wireless tangle Paterson administration expected to start process to get out of contract that could cost more than $2B

By JAMES M. ODATO, Capitol bureau First published: Friday, August 29, 2008

ALBANY -- The Paterson administration today will start the process of pulling the plug on a Pataki administration plan for an emergency radio system that could have cost the state more than $2 billion. The state Office for Technology, according to a well-placed source, is expected to reveal it is notifying M/A-COM, the winner of the state's largest-ever contract, that things just aren't working out...