Report: MARTA paid contractor millions despite work not being done (WSB-TV)

KENNESAW, Ga. | Nov 13, 2017

KSU lecturer: 'I would give a D' as grade for MARTA management

A confidential report finds that MARTA continued to pay for a multimillion-dollar contract even though the contractor wasn't doing the work.

This is the third time whistleblowers have given Channel 2 reports that are highly critical of MARTA. Even though they focus on IT problems, they suggest a broader problem of mismanagement.

"Their disaster recovery is a disaster. They don't really have a plan," said Andy Green, a lecturer of information security and assurance at Kennesaw State University. Green has reviewed all the MARTA reports obtained by WSB.

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