Judge’s order keeps Hewlett Packard working on DMV computer system

PROVIDENCE – A Superior Court judge on Monday issued a temporary restraining order in the state’s lawsuit against Hewlett Packard Enterprise requiring the vendor to continue working on a long-delayed computer system for the Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles.
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo issued a statement praising the decision by Associate Justice Michael A. Silverstein.
“I am very pleased with today’s ruling. I will continue to do whatever is necessary to protect Rhode Island’s taxpayers against a vendor that has tried to hold our project hostage,” Raimondo said.
Robert S. Hull, director of the Rhode Island Department of Revenue, said the judge’s ruling “keeps the Rhode Island Modernization System on course for completion in the coming weeks. … The ruling maintains the DMV’s access to the completed portions of RIMS and keeps HPE employees working at the job they promised to finish.”
The state had argued that through a series of contract changes, Hewlett Packard had agreed to deliver a functional system by Sept. 28 but failed to do so.
To date, the state says it has paid $13.26 million for the computer system.
A spokesman for California-based Hewlett Packard Enterprise earlier this month released a statement that claimed the company had “met all contractual obligations with the state of Rhode Island and has made a substantial effort to reach a fair resolution of the dispute.”

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