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Troubled software for Community Colleges of Spokane on ‘pause’ as vendor Ciber Inc. files for bankruptcy

A $100 million software system that was pushed online at the Community Colleges of Spokane more than a year and a half ago still doesn’t work properly and the vendor hired to install it filed for bankruptcy this week, a legislative panel was told Tuesday.

Consultants hired to study problems with the software, known as ctcLink, have told the state Board of Community and Technical Colleges to "pause" the installation until all problems can be worked out at Spokane, Spokane Falls and Tacoma community colleges.

"They’ve completely blown their schedule," said Rob St. John, deputy director of the Office of the Chief Information Officer. The question for the colleges and the board, he added, is "how do they put this project back on the rails?"

That pause could be extended for an undetermined period because Ciber Inc. http://www.ciber.com/ , an international technology company hired to install the software, filed Sunday for Chapter 11 reorganization. Concerns over the bankruptcy prompted a legislative hearing Tuesday morning about ctcLink and other technology problems by state agencies in the House State Government, Elections and Information Technology Committee.

By Jim Camden
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