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Article: United States: Ala. to ask for extension for GPS program.
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- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- August 18, 2008
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Byline: datta303
Officials at the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles are hoping the fourth time will be the charm for a pilot program that monitors sex offenders with Global Positioning System devices.
Parole board internal affairs director Mike Feehan said Wednesday the board plans to issue a new Invitation to Bid for vendors "within days." It will be the fourth invitation since a $600,000 federal grant was awarded to the program 2 1/2 years ago.
Vendor contracts have been awarded before but were scrapped after those with losing bids filed complaints over technical glitches in the process.
The state is ...