Shakman loses again
Tuesday, Sep 20, 2022 - Posted by Rich Miller
* From last month…
A U.S. appeals court in Chicago on Friday ruled that federal court oversight of state hiring is “no longer warranted,” freeing Gov. J.B. Pritzker and future governors from scrutiny that has endured through eight administrations over a half-century.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the U.S. District Court in Chicago to vacate the Shakman consent decree, an agreement that had its roots in the patronage hiring practices that have long plagued city, county and state government, as it applies to the governor’s office.
* Shakman asked the full appellate court to reconsider the ruling. That request was denied yesterday after not a single appellate judge sided with Shakman. From US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals…
Plaintiff-appellees filed a petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc on September 2, 2022. No judge in regular active service has requested a vote on the petition for rehearing en banc, and all members of the original panel have voted to deny panel rehearing. The petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc is therefore DENIED.
- Google Is Your Friend - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 9:35 am:
The gravy train is over
- Shakman's Plane - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 9:40 am:
One more stop and then the issue is put to bed. I highly doubt the USSC takes cert in this one. Looks like this case is almost ova!
- Huh? - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 9:42 am:
Now if CMS can be excised from the hiring process and the hiring process returned to the agencies, the State might be hired more staff.
- Chris - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 9:44 am:
Whether or not Shakman has a point about the current situation wrt hiring and patronage, keeping that case alive longer wasn’t the right approach.
- ;) - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 11:10 am:
About dang time. Shakman is the biggest swindler of tax dollars ever.
- Friendly Bob Adams - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 11:12 am:
Fifty years is long enough. Many changes have happened in that time, mostly for the good.
At some point it seems to be about keeping the attention on Mr. Shakman rather than anything else.
- Anyone Remember - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 11:16 am:
Yet last week a founded OEIG report was posted to EEC’s website, documenting once again another state agency hiring practices not based upon Shakman principles, but “Friends & Family” principles. While blatant patronage may be in remission, Illinois is far from having a sustainable method of ensuring merit based hiring.
https://eec.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/eec/documents/09-14-2022-sims-and-idoc-20-00408-released-redacted-summary-report.pdf
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 11:19 am:
===Illinois is far from having a sustainable method of ensuring merit based hiring===
Sigh.
The system worked to stop this on its own (OEIG) within state rules and federal doctrine.
- thisjustinagain - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 12:59 pm:
“The system” failed for years, according to the report, and it was only after a complaint was received did OEIG discover the issues. The illegal promotion is exactly the type of thing Shakman was supposed to prevent, but it still happened.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 1:02 pm:
=== happened===
Past tense.
If it happens again, report it.
The court is moving on.
- Demoralized - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 1:06 pm:
==but it still happened.==
Stuff happens. Nothing will ever be perfect. You’re taking this instance and extrapolating out that the entire system is still broken. I suspect many of you wishing for Shakman to remain in place don’t have the slightest clue as to how the hiring process now works.
- halving_fun - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 1:19 pm:
==The system worked to stop this on its own (OEIG) within state rules and federal doctrine.==
OEIG doesn’t work b/c it relies on whistleblowers - 90% doesn’t get reported
they need to actively investigate/research/evaluate
- Anyone Remember - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 1:29 pm:
===OEIG doesn’t work b/c it relies on whistleblowers - 90% doesn’t get reported===
Remember when OEIG was created, they could NOT accept anonymous complaints? And their reports were NOT publicly available? That was considered “the system working” …
.
- Demoralized - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 1:32 pm:
==they need to actively investigate==
What exactly are they investigating without a complaint?
- halving_fun - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 1:46 pm:
==What exactly are they investigating without a complaint?==
they can research and evaluate new hires, relationships, contractor/contracts relationships, wages of current employees, longevity/equity pay, and their current workload
- Demoralized - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 1:59 pm:
=they can research and evaluate new hires==
There’s a hiring monitor that does that now.
==contractor/contracts relationships==
Contracting is overseen by Chief Procurement Officer.
==wages of current employees==
Not sure what you want them to look at. The vast, vast majority of wages are set by contract.
=longevity/equity pay,==
Again the vast, vast majority of longevity pay is set by contract. No idea what “equity pay” is.
- halving_fun - Tuesday, Sep 20, 22 @ 3:00 pm:
==Demoralized==
there isn’t enough investigating and oversight
if others are responsible OEIG needs to double check
each admin’s department leadership say they spend 6mo-12mo to rollback or deal with prior policy (commission fluff studies/reports), leaves a core 18 months to actually improve the atmosphere
throw in an inept governor or department leadership teams then it is half a decade or more to see improvement
More needs to be done, or the quality will continue to going down