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Idaho Education Network

Syringa Networks Sues Over Idaho
Education Network Contract
Company awarded part of the IEN contract says its bid was better in the first place, and it's being shut out of the project.

By Sharon Fisher, 12-16-09

Syringa Networks, which almost a year ago was awarded a portion of the contract for developing the statewide broadband Idaho Education Network, has filed suit against the state of Idaho and Director of Administration Mike Gwartney, among others, claiming not only that its superior bid was rejected but that it is being shut out even of the portion of the contract it was awarded—including other contracts it had separately with other parts of Idaho state government.

The 2008 Legislature passed a bill to create the Idaho Education Network (IEN), a statewide broadband Internet purportedly for education but which actually would also be used for economic development and, eventually, for state agencies. The purpose of the bill was to provide high-speed access throughout the state, starting with schools.

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