New Law Puts Crimp on Cities’ Use of Reverse Internet Auctions The Columbus Dispatch reports that a budget stipulation that takes effect Thursday says that local governments can’t use reverse Internet auctions to bid out construction work. http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/10/01/copy/auctions.ART_ART_10-01-09_B3_7TF87NU.html?adsec=politics&sid=101