The controversy that arose when the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) awarded Xerox a contract for toll road billing operations most clearly demonstrates the problems that can arise when state bureaucracy __________.
A. appoints unqualified individuals to head a state agency
B. has its inefficiencies made public by whistle-blowers
C. contracts with private vendors
D. fails to undergo a formal review through the sunset process
Answer: C
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