Ohio Sen. Steve Buehrer to head Workers' Compensation
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Ohio Governor-elect John Kasich has selected state Sen. Steve Buehrer to be the new administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation.
Buehrer has been in the Ohio Senate since 2007. He previously served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1999 to 2006. Kasich pledged to reduce the cost of Workers' Compensation in order to help restore the state's economy
"When the rates in other states are lower and when our system is a mess of red tape and anti-business processes, then the need for reform becomes urgent. I intend to fix it and Steve (Sen. Steve Buehrer) has the experience and the will to help in that effort."
The current Workers' Comp administrator, Marsha Ryan, has resigned, effective Jan. 9, 2011. She was appointed by Gov. Ted Strickland and has served as BWC's administrator since May 2007.
In other news of the governor-elect, The Cincinnati Enquirer has demanded that Kasich preserve all resumes and related memos or records as people apply for state government jobs.
According to the Enquirer, "In a letter hand-delivered to Kasich and Doug Preisse, chairman of the Kasich-Taylor New Day Committee and the Franklin County Republican Party: 'If you refuse to produce the records, please note that The Enquirer intends to file suit to obtain them,' wrote Enquirer attorney John C. Greiner, of Graydon Head & Ritchey."
Kasich spokesman Rob Nichols had said previously that resumes submitted through the FixOhioNow.com website “are not subject to public record demands.”
The Enquirer reported that "Greiner wrote that there is legal precedent in Ohio for releasing such records: They are public records because they are being submitted for a job as a ‘public employee.’ ”
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, Ohio Newspaper Association and Ohio Democratic Party also have insisted the names and resumes of job applicants should be made public.
Ohio Governor-elect John Kasich has selected state Sen. Steve Buehrer to be the new administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation.
Buehrer has been in the Ohio Senate since 2007. He previously served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1999 to 2006.
Kasich pledged to reduce the cost of Workers' Compensation in order to help restore the state's economy
Kasich pledged to reduce the cost of Workers' Compensation in order to help restore the state's economy
"When the rates in other states are lower and when our system is a mess of red tape and anti-business processes, then the need for reform becomes urgent. I intend to fix it and Steve (Sen. Steve Buehrer) has the experience and the will to help in that effort."
The current Workers' Comp administrator, Marsha Ryan, has resigned, effective Jan. 9, 2011. She was appointed by Gov. Ted Strickland and has served as BWC's administrator since May 2007.
In other news of the governor-elect, The Cincinnati Enquirer has demanded that Kasich preserve all resumes and related memos or records as people apply for state government jobs.
According to the Enquirer, "In a letter hand-delivered to Kasich and Doug Preisse, chairman of the Kasich-Taylor New Day Committee and the Franklin County Republican Party: 'If you refuse to produce the records, please note that The Enquirer intends to file suit to obtain them,' wrote Enquirer attorney John C. Greiner, of Graydon Head & Ritchey."
Kasich spokesman Rob Nichols had said previously that resumes submitted through the FixOhioNow.com website “are not subject to public record demands.”
The Enquirer reported that "Greiner wrote that there is legal precedent in Ohio for releasing such records: They are public records because they are being submitted for a job as a ‘public employee.’ ”
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, Ohio Newspaper Association and Ohio Democratic Party also have insisted the names and resumes of job applicants should be made public.
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