State ends $540,000 controversy / Ex-FSSA official outsourced for an extra $80,000 in pay will return to state payroll at original salary
Source: By Mary Beth Schneider, Indianapolis Star (IN), May 10, 2006
After a week of rejecting complaints, the state on Tuesday canceled a controversial deal that let a top state official resign his $100,000 job, then do the same work for the state as a contractor for $180,000 a year. Richard Rhoad, the chief financial officer of Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration, will return to his job at the state agency. Harry Gonso, chief of staff to Gov. Mitch Daniels, said in a statement that Daniels agreed the move is "appropriate and necessary." …… The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees -- the main labor organization for state employees, although they have no bargaining power -- issued a statement saying the episode shows "the Daniels' administration only plays by the rules after they get caught with their hand in the public jar."