This morning, the Office of the Legislative Auditor released its report on the State of Minnesota's disastrous roll-out of MNLARS, its new driver's license and vehicle registration system. While the Legislative Audit Commission will meet Thursday at 5:15 p.m. to review the report, the hearing won't be streamed on video and audio.
However, headlines about the report suggest that readers don't have to use much imagination about how things will go down. There's Report blames 2 state agencies for botched MNLARS launch at KTSP 5.
There's Legislative auditor: Agency leaders fell short launching MNLARS at Minnesota Public Radio.
Our favorite headline: What went wrong with DMV computers? Everything and everyone, report finds, above Dave Orrick's report at the Pioneer Press. Orrick's elegant lede paragraphs sum up the report quite neatly:
A lot of things went wrong — and a lot of people screwed up.
That’s the takeaway of a new report on Minnesota’s beleaguered computer system for vehicle title and license plate tabs, known as MNLARS.
The report is especially critical of leadership at the two agencies that oversaw the development and launch of the program: MNIT, the state’s information technology agency, and the Department of Public Safety, whose Driver and Vehicle Services division oversees vehicle licensing.
Read all the article and the report itself, below.
Factors That Contributed To MNLARS Problems by uploaded by Sally Jo Sorensen on Scribd
Photo: A train wreck.
If you appreciate Bluestem Prairie, you can mail contributions (payable to Sally Jo Sorensen, 600 Maple Street, Summit SD 57266) or use the paypal button in the upper right hand corner of this post. Those wishing to make a small ongoing monthly contribution should click on the paypal subscription button.
Or you can contribute via this link to paypal; use email [email protected] as recipient.
Comments