Investigate Durational Project Managers

John Rowland may be on his way to prison, but many of his patronage appointees in high paying 'under the radar' jobs remain. The state calls them 'durational project managers' which it defines as "Persons employed to make or conduct a special inquiry, investigation, examination, or installation."

A 2002 Office of Legislative Research report shows there were 47 of these people in 2002 with an average salary of $81,800. What's more, the total salaries for these individuals totaled 3.5 million dollars in 2002 alone.

Check out The Hartford Courant's editorial from January 18th, and an in depth December 20th Courant article by John Lender (read it on iConn). There's even a 1997 Hartford Advocate Article that details the durational project managers and other shenanigans that most likely still permeate under the radar.

If Governor Rell is serious about cleaning up state government, it's time to really start doing it.