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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina government's information technology chief has signed off on a new short-term contract for a vendor to carry out public school reading tests.

State Chief Information Officer Eric Boyette agreed to the $929,000 contract between Istation and the Department of Public Instruction late last week, one day after he canceled a previous emergency contract that state schools Superintendent Mark Johnson entered with Istation in early January.