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Government
State marketing efforts lacked documentation, oversightPublished 11/20/08
ANNAPOLIS — Poker tournaments. Catered cruises. Hollywood parties.
The events, bankrolled by the state, were held to boost business in Maryland. Their effectiveness, however, was never properly documented.
All together, the Department of Business and Economic Development spent $184,000 on marketing events in recent years that were not "adequately evaluated and documented," said a state audit. Released Wednesday, the report also said the department paid employees with no job duties, bought airline ticket upgrades without required approval and gave tax breaks to firms without verifying their eligibility. The...
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