Detroit bankruptcy trial turns to poor technology

Published September 8, 2014 6:29pm ET



DETROIT (AP) — Detroit’s computer system is “beyond fundamentally broken” and years behind the latest software, the city’s new technology chief told a bankruptcy judge Monday.

Beth Niblock said she turned down the job twice before agreeing to move to Detroit from Louisville, Kentucky, at the urging of new Mayor Mike Duggan.

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