State agencies have suffered a string of costly computer blunders in recent years. Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan needs to get serious about the problem by quickly appointing Assembly representatives to a legislative panel that’s supposed to oversee the state’s big information technology projects.
Sheridan, D-Janesville, shouldn’t need much convincing of the need for a bipartisan committee of state senators and representatives to monitor large computer upgrades and initiatives on behalf of taxpayers. Sheridan sat on a task force that recommended more legislative oversight early last year.
So what’s the holdup?