Strickland issues order on outsourcing
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Strickland issues order on outsourcing
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has issued an executive order that bans the outsourcing of services paid for with state dollars.
According to The Columbus Dispatch, the governor signed the order Aug. 6.
The move was the administration's response to a recent controversy regarding call-center work from an $11 million appliance-rebate program funded by federal stimulus dollars being outsourced to El Salvador, the Dispatch said.
"Ohio's policy has been – and must continue to be – that public funds should not be spent on services provided offshore," Strickland said.
Earlier this year, the Ohio Department of Development contracted with Texas-based Parago Inc. to administer a program to provide rebates for the purchase of new energy-efficient appliances. Parago reportedly used hundreds of workers in El Salvador to process applications and answer customers' calls.
The order says no executive Cabinet agency, board or commission shall enter into any contract that uses funds it controls to purchase outsourced services.
Following a recent controversy which saw Ohio taxes being paid to workers in El Salvador, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has issued an executive order that bans the outsourcing of services paid for with state dollars.
According to The Columbus Dispatch, the governor signed the order Aug. 6.
The move was the administration's response to a recent controversy regarding call-center work from an $11 million appliance-rebate program funded by federal stimulus dollars being outsourced to El Salvador, the Dispatch said.
"Ohio's policy has been – and must continue to be – that public funds should not be spent on services provided offshore," Strickland said.
Earlier this year, the Ohio Department of Development contracted with Texas-based Parago Inc. to administer a program to provide rebates for the purchase of new energy-efficient appliances. Parago reportedly used hundreds of workers in El Salvador to process applications and answer customers' calls.
The order says no executive Cabinet agency, board or commission shall enter into any contract that uses funds it controls to purchase outsourced services.
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