However, the process by which the “Black Brilliance Research Project” was launched could have been more transparent and exposed weaknesses in the city’s overall system for oversight and selection of contractors, McCarthy said.
“While the process the City of Seattle used to award this $3 million contract did not technically violate the relevant rules, in my view, the city exercised only the bare minimum of accountability and transparency in this matter,” McCarthy said. Taking more time to justify the process being used to award the grant could have done a lot to address public concerns about the way tax money was being spent, she added.
The auditor’s conclusions bookend a
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