The office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has awarded a $10.8 million contract to replace the state's broken criminal background-check system. NEC, of Rancho Cordova, Calif., was deemed to have submitted the best among five bids accepted in February, said DeWine spokesman Dan Tierney said Wednesday.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};