This top Florida official spent $391,000 on office furniture

[Zorro]

While Jamie Grant was remodeling his state office, $30 million in cybersecurity funding remained unspent by the agency.

TALLAHASSEE — When former state lawmaker Jamie Grant was chosen to lead Florida’s new cybersecurity office last year, he didn’t like the look of his new digs.

So he set about with a remodel.

Grant spent $391,980 this year replacing the office furniture. Tearing out and installing new carpet cost another $144,705. And $85,042 went to equip the office with a dozen 86-inch interactive 4K touch monitors.

Grant intended the office makeover to give the new Florida Digital Service department the same vibe as a tech startup company, according to former employees. Gov. Ron DeSantis chose Grant last year to be the state’s chief information officer despite his lack of a technology background.

In July, a month after Grant finished the remodel, the new secretary of the Department of Management Services, a former Trump administration official named Todd Inman, moved to limit spending by Grant and nearly everyone else in the office to $100,000 without higher approval, records show. Grant’s previous limit was $1 million.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/12/10/this-top-florida-official-spent-391000-on-office-furniture/

[TigressDem]

1. Can you IMAGINE if a DEM did that? The RAGE. The frothing at the mouths of ReThugs.

NEW MEME?


A Government that CAN'T Function?

Funny how that ONLY happens when the ReThugs have been redecorating.



BECAUSE when you put DEMS in charge, they get the job done AND clean up the ReThugly messes while they are at it.

So vote in a DEM if you want the job DONE.

Want to redecorate, hire a ReThug to spend your money on new drapes etc...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. +1. . . nt

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. This