TesTech investigations expanding

Two more government agencies are looking into the company.

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By Lynn Hulsey and Tom Beyerlein, Staff Writers Updated 12:34 AM Sunday, October 23, 2011

Two additional government agencies will investigate TesTech Inc. in the wake of a Dayton Daily News examination that showed a wealthy couple controlled the company while it used a program for disadvantaged businesses to win millions of dollars in government contracts.

The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Ohio Department of Administrative Services (ODAS) say they will investigate TesTech’s compliance with similar minority set-aside programs they oversee. The Washington Twp. civil engineering company also is under investigation by the FBI and inspectors general for the state of Ohio and the U.S. Department of Transportation.

What questions did the Dayton Daily News ask to prompt a deeper investigation?

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