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House bill removes UH from review of campus construction

A committee approves the measure as a contractor widens his allegations of costly mismanagement

By Rob Perez

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 01, 2013

~~<p>A House committee has revived a proposal to strip the University of Hawaii of procurement oversight of its construction projects as a prominent engineer has expanded on allegations that a top UH executive wasted potentially tens of millions of taxpayer dollars through blatant mismanagement.</p>
<p>The attorney general's office, meanwhile, has agreed to investigate the allegations, UH said Thursday.</p>
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A House committee has revived a proposal to strip the University of Hawaii of procurement oversight of its construction projects as a prominent engineer has expanded on allegations that a top UH executive wasted potentially tens of millions of taxpayer dollars through blatant mismanagement.

The attorney general's office, meanwhile, has agreed to investigate the allegations, UH said Thursday. Login for more...



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