Consultant’s review of DOT under wraps
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
By Chris Fitzsimon
McKinsey & Co. was asked to prepare a sweeping evaluation of the transportation agency, but DOT and the company are keeping a tight rein on the information
Bruce Siceloff, Staff Writer State Department of Transportation officials are paying a consultant $2.5 million to help make the agency more responsive, accountable and transparent.
They are keeping much of the work secret.
Attorneys for DOT and McKinsey & Co., an international management consultant hired in April to evaluate DOT, blacked out several pages of contract details and stamped other pages "CONFIDENTIAL" before DOT released them to The News & Observer.
Other contract documents indicate that McKinsey initially was asked for a candid, sweeping assessment of DOT’s "strategic direction and organizational structure." It was expected to file reports in May and June.
DOT has declined to release a word of its consultant’s findings. The April 11 contract includes an unusual pledge that DOT will seek McKinsey’s permission before making public references to McKinsey or releasing any "reports, analyses or other such materials" it receives from McKinsey. (more…)
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