Consultant's firm reinstated after Washington Post inquiries

In a brief article in today's online Washington Post, staff writer James Hohmann reports:

A consultant hired by Metro to revise its employee handbook said Thursday that he has filed the necessary paperwork to reinstate the incorporation of his business with the California secretary of state.
Metro announced Wednesday that Vehicles Safety International, in Laguna Niguel, Calif., is leading the project. Steve Walsh, 56, said he is the only employee of his business.
A search of online records revealed that the company's incorporation was suspended in May. A spokeswoman for the California secretary of state said that Walsh had not filed an updated statement of information since 2006 and that such a document is required every two years.

Meanwhile, consultant James Gompers continues to provide extensive security system consulting to MCPS, even though his corporate registrations were revoked by the state of Illinois over five years ago.

Even though Mr. Gompers is a one-person business operating under at least five different corporate names, MCPS continues to look to him -- and pay him --- to advise how millions of dollars should be spent on school security.