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CYFD employees say they were reprimanded, fired for asking questions about major software contract


By Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico |
17 hours ago
Don J. Usner
Secretary Brian Blalock in his office in 2019, soon after he assumed his position as the head of the Children, Youth and Families Department.
In late 2019, Jackson Williams, manager of a data unit at the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department, raised his hand at a work meeting to ask about a massive computer system upgrade at the agency one that could potentially cost $45 million over the next decade. Led by Cabinet Secretary Brian Blalock, a San Francisco Bay Area transplant, the CYFD had selected a young California firm named Binti to lead the overhaul, apparently without considering any of the more than 20 other companies that expressed interest in the job. “Who is Binti, and why are they in charge of this project?” Williams asked.  ....

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