New Jersey has pulled the plug on a review of its tourism PR account just weeks after releasing an RFP.

The Garden State’s Division of Travel and Tourism said it will handle the tasks of promoting New Jersey in-house.

It is the second time the state has canceled a PR review since October. Last year, New Jersey, which saw its tourist-magnet coast heavily damaged in Hurricane Sandy in October, reviewed its travel advertising and PR work simultaneously in the fall but awarded only the ad portion – to Dana Communications of Princeton and New York.

The PR account’s budget had been set at around $300K/year. It released the RFP last month.

The state said pitches already received will be returned unopened.