Mar 10 2008
Cook County Corruption Chronicles: Shak’in Shakman Part 1
On Friday, February 29, while Cook County officials struggled to meet the budget deadline, and specifically pass Stroger’s sales-tax increase, the Federal government released the second semi-annual Shakman report (The Shakman Decrees make political hiring, ie patronage, a crime).
Shak’in Shakman
The Shakman report confirms the status quo in Cook County government. Shakman Compliance Administrator Julia N. Nowicki confirms patronage in unglamorous terms. Last weekend, I finished reading the 56 page report with the original intent of offering highlights. There’s just too much here. Instead I’ve decided to break up the dense lengthly document into a daily bite-size series, entitled the Cook County Corruption Chronicals.
Overview
SECOND SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMPLIANCE ADMINISTRATOR
Julia M. Nowicki, Shakman Compliance Administrator, by and through her attorney, Peter Monahan submits her “Second Semi-Annual Report” pursuant to the order of the court entered November 30, 2006.
The Supplementary Relief Order (”SRO”), entered on November 30, 2006, mandates that the Shakman Compliance Administrator (”CA”) study existing employment practices, policies and procedures for non-political hiring, promotion, transfer, discipline and discharge. Further, the CA is to observe actual hiring sequences, assist in formulating a new hiring plan, aid in establishing a training program to educate and train supervisors and employees on non-political hiring practices, make recommendations to the Court as to how to resolve issues regarding Shakman exempt positions, monitor compliance, adjudicate pre-SRO violations, file periodic reports and various other duties. Moreover, the CA is to file a semi-annual report with the Court. This Second Semi-Annual Report is designed to give an overview of the activities of the Compliance Administrator (”CA”) over the last year.
To be continued…
You can read the full Shakman report here.
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