Gov. Jim Doyle canceled a controversial contract with Adelman Travel on Monday, overruling aides who had insisted that the contract did not need to be dumped after a state employee was indicted on allegations of steering business to the company.
In addition to canceling the deal, Doyle announced that Mark Bugher, a former secretary of the Department of Administration for former Republican Gov. Tommy G. Thompson and director of the UW Research Park, will review the agency’s bidding and contracting process to ensure that decisions about state work are “insulated” from political considerations.