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The modernization project was launched in 2004 under former
mayor Michael Bloomberg to address failings in the emergency
system experienced during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and a 2003
blackout in the U.S. Northeast, the Journal said.
Current Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered a review of the project by
the New York City Department of Investigation and DOI
Commissioner Mark Peters said in a preliminary report in August
that the program had "suffered from significant mismanagement
which at times was nothing short of governmental malpractice."
Citing the DOI's final report, due to be released on Friday, the
Wall Street Journal said senior program managers had exaggerated
their progress to the Bloomberg administration and officials had
failed to properly oversee contractors.
DOI representatives did not immediately respond to request for
comment.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Robin
Pomeroy)
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