FSSA leader's ex-employer inches toward $1B contract
Source: By Tim Evans, Indianapolis Star (IN), July 24, 2006
A $1 billion proposal to privatize the application process for welfare benefits in Indiana now has a favored candidate: a group that includes the most recent past employer of the state's social services chief. Gov. Mitch Daniels recently confirmed that the only group left in negotiations is an IBM-led team of 10 companies that includes Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Systems, which is where Indiana Family and Social Service Administration chief Mitch Roob worked just before joining state government. …… "My concern is not that Mitch Roob will benefit personally," said David Warrick, executive director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 62 and a critic of the privatization plan.