It's about damn time
It only took since, what, 1964.
US to review state records on minority contractors
The Federal Highway Administration will begin poring over records and procedures at the state's minority business certification office this month amid allegations that politically connected companies have been improperly certified and later obtained lucrative subcontracts on the Big Dig and other projects, state and federal officials said yesterday.
The first federal review of the State Office of Women and Minority Business Assistance will occur as federal authorities step up criminal probes in Boston and nationally to root out fraud in the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, which ensures minority participation in federally funded construction work.
Last week, more than two dozen agents from three US agencies searched and removed records from two North Shore demolition companies. One was Testa Corp., one of the nation's largest demolition companies; the other was PT Corp., owned by Pamela J. O'Brien, sister of Testa Corp.'s chief executive, Steven Testa.
