According to a copyrighted story in the Albuquerque Journal, new Spaceport America Executive Director Christine Anderson, a recent Susana Martinez appointee, pulled the plug on a $1.3 million contract with Albuquerque-based Procurement Solutions. The story says Procurement Solutions began its relationship with Spaceport America with a much smaller contract four years ago. Since 2007 the company was able to rapidly expand the size of its management role and contract value with Spaceport America. Apparently Director Anderson wants to bring the decision-making at Spaceport America under state government control and have management of the facility done by someone on the state's payroll. Anticipated savings from the change would total nearly $200,000 per year according to Anderson's estimates in the journal article by Colleen Heild. Almost immediately after Governor Martinez election, Spaceport America's budget and resource management came under increased scrutiny. Anderson replaced former director Rick Homans in January shortly after Governor Martinez inauguration.
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