Kansas Yet to Make Payment for New Software

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan says

the state is withholding part of the payment to the company

responsible for the new motor vehicle registration system while

problems are being resolved.

Glitches have forced residents throughout Kansas to wait in long

lines to renew their tags since the $40 million system went online

in May.

Jordan told the Topeka Capital-Journal on Monday the final 10

percent of a $25 million contract with 3M Co. is being withheld.

There’s no timetable for making the payment. However, the

Department of Revenue is delaying the next phase of its computer

modernization that involves driver’s licenses. That contract is

also being handled by 3M.