WCB Ending Tainted 10-Year, $88.7 Million Scanning Contract

By Peter Mantius, Northern Bureau ChiefThe New York State Workers' Compensation Board has paid $75.8 million in the past 10 years to SourceHOV – a vendor accused earlier this month of botching state income tax services – before quietly ending its relationship with the company when entering into a new five-year contract for scanning services.The WCB announced last Friday that Xerox would be taking over as its main scanning vendor this summer, working under the lead contractor, New York State Industries for the Disabled. NYSID entered into a five-year, $49.7 million contract with...