Wired for waste


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[ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 2004 ]

Rich Addicks/AJC

Stacks of unopened boxes of Cisco network computer equipment gather dust in an Atlanta Public Schools storage facility. Boxes in foreground contain expensive electronics labeled for Garden Hills Elementary School, which already had similar equipment. Now, the gear is "unassigned," according to APS.

ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION SPECIAL REPORT
Wired for waste
Atlanta schools overpaid for a lavish computer network that costs taxpayers millions more to run.

May 23, 2004
• $73 million spending spree
• At just one school, $1 million outlay
• Photo tour from behind the scenes

May 24, 2004
• Abuses tarnish E-rate program
• Atlanta contract spurs bid questions

May 25, 2004
• Hard eye on city schools' hardware

May 29, 2004
• Mothballed computers unpacked

June 4, 2004
• More unused electronics found in Atlanta schools

June 5, 2004
• City schools plan outside audit, new overseer for technology unit

June 9, 2004
• Congress presses for E-rate details

June 18, 2004
• Crackdown on E-rate waste demanded

July 11, 2004
• E-rate deal squandered $19 million

July 23, 2004
• Reform, don't kill, E-rate, official urges

July 24, 2004
• Feds get Atlanta E-rate documents

Aug. 30, 2004
• Request for E-rate subsidies retracted