Probe threatens privatized welfare
Source: By David Koenig, Associated Press (IN), Tue, Nov. 28, 2006
The chief executive and top financial officer at a company Indiana wants to manage its welfare programs resigned after an internal investigation found that they manipulated grant dates for stock options, violating the information-technology company’s ethics code. Affiliated Computer Services Inc. CEO and President Mark A. King and Chief Financial Officer Warren D. Edwards signed separation agreements and relinquished their titles Sunday.
…… Critics of the Indiana contract called on Gov. Mitch Daniels to review the agreement Monday. “We would ask in light of recent happenings and just appeal to him (Daniels) one more time to reconsider this rush to privatization and allow elected legislators in the state to be part of this decision,” said David Patterson, spokesman for Council 62 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents at least 5,000 FSSA workers.