State agencies spend $423,000 on iPads

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/State-agencies-spend-423-000-on-iPads-3816979.php

In the 19 months since Gov. Jerry Brown made a big deal of taking cell phones and cars away from government workers, state agencies have spent $423,000 on iPad purchases, a review of state records shows.

Among them:

-- $95,000 by the Department of Veterans Affairs (127 iPads).

-- $77,000 by the Department of Water Resources (110).

-- $65,416 by the Board of Equalization (62 or so).

-- $33,539 by Caltrans (about 30).

-- And $30,999 by the Department of General Services (66).

Records show that about $261,000 worth of the iPad purchases - more than half - came from agencies that report to the governor.