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Tech official leaves amid Ohio allegations.
Publication: Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) Publication Date: 16-FEB-05 |
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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Miami Herald
Byline: Carol Marbin Miller
Feb. 16--The new chief of technology at the state Department of Children & Families resigned late Tuesday after agency officials learned he had been faulted by officials at a previous job in Ohio for accepting gifts from a technology company that had won a $1.9 million contract.
John R. Hurd was also criticized in a separate investigation by the Ohio Inspector General's Office for appearing in several advertisements for the company, Novell, and allowing the company to run endorsements by him on its website.
"We do not find Mr. Hurd enjoyed any financial gain from his endorsement of Novell," the Jan. 4, 2000, report said. But the report added: "Mr. Hurd's actions clearly give rise to the appearance of impropriety and a potential conflict of interest."
Hurd, who began his new job in...
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