[LUAU] Peter Quinn Resigns
Jim Thompson
jim at netgate.com
Wed Dec 28 01:23:37 PST 2005
http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/05/12/28/0037246.shtml?
tid=185&tid=219
> Andy Updegrove is reporting on his blog that Peter Quinn, CIO of
> Massachusetts and focus of the recent media feeding frenzy, has
> decided to step down. Quinn stressed that his departure does not
> signal any major changes in policy nor was he forced to resign. He
> did say that a large part of the decision was made by the Boston
> Globe's unfounded (and quickly disproven) charges."
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/newsblog/blog.php?ID=1863
> I'm very sorry to report that Peter Quinn, the CIO of Massachusetts
> who has been at the center of a controversy relating to his efforts
> at the Information Technology Division (ITD) to adopt the
> OpenDocument format for the use of the Commonwealth's Executive
> Agencies, has resigned, effective January 9, 2005.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20051227113652154
> I've heard that Peter Quinn resigned as the CIO of Massachusetts
> effective Jan 9, 2006. I met with Peter briefly on December 21,
> prior to his decision, and he indicated to me he was extremely
> uncomfortable with the personal attention surrounding the open
> format controversy. Peter is an IT professional who is not
> accustomed to the rough-and-tumble world of politics. He found the
> last few months to be very distasteful, especially the Boston Globe
> article that seemed to imply some sort of improper influence
> related to his conference travel. He was completely cleared after
> an internal administrative review.
TPOSSCON 2006 starts January 9th. Peter Quinn was on the agenda,
but had to cancel. Perhaps now we understand a bit more about 'why'.
Jim
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