Article: Web Adviser to California Governor Resigns over No-Bid Contract with Oracle.

By Dan Smith and John Hill, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 30--The fallout from the state's probe into its no-bid software contract with the Oracle Corp. spread to a second computer project Wednesday, forcing the resignation of another top computer adviser to Gov. Gray Davis.

The Democratic governor accepted the resignation of Vin Patel, who as director of executive information systems played a key role in Davis' effort to elevate state government's presence on the Internet.

The governor's office offered few details and said no resignation letter existed. But sources said Patel's exit came after the ...

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