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Cognos tied to offer to official

Firm was seeking state contract; Move raises ethical questions

By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff and Stephen Kurkjian
Globe Correspondent / July 7, 2008

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A former state Department of Education administrator has told investigators that she was offered a private sector job by a sales representative for Cognos ULC, around the same time that the software company was attempting to win a lucrative education contract in 2006, according to officials briefed on the matter. (Full article: 1636 words)

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