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August 21, 2007

A clarification of tourism office's invalid contract

Yesterday, The Daily reported that a state appeals panel cited a conflict of interest in its decision to require the Maine Office of Tourism to reissue a request for proposals for a visitor tracking and tourism research contract it awarded to Toronto-based Longwoods International. The panel, in fact, did not find a conflict of interest, though it was one of the original claims made in the appeal. Instead, the appeals panel invalidated the Longwoods contract because of a "failure to keep written documentation that supports the scores assigned," according to the panel's decision. "The decision was overturned based on score sheets that were submitted without sufficient descriptions, explains Paul Brunetti, assistant to Commissioner John Richardson at the Department of Community and Economic Development. "We are taking steps internally to prevent this from occurring in the future."

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