State Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, on Dec. 18 requested that the special prosecution unit of the Travis County District Attorney’s Office “begin a formal and thorough investigation” into transactions between the State of Texas and 21CT, a software intelligence firm with offices here and in Vienna, Virginia.
Information about the transactions came to light via an ongoing investigation and stories published by the Austin American-Statesman.
“I am particularly concerned about the reported involvement of Jack Stick and any other state employees in the negotiation and approval of the contract with 21CT,” Whitmire wrote in a letter to Gregg Cox, director of the special prosecution unit.
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