A review by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign found $34,500 in political action committee contributions to state politicians directly from Maximus employees between 1999 and 2011, along with another $3,225 worth of campaign contributions to state candidates by Maximus employees between 2000 and 2010. The PAC contributions included $5,000 to Walkers campaign in January 2011 and $5,000 to Doyle in January 2003. In other words, in both cases Maximus chose to contribute right after both men took office in their first terms as governor, rather than while they were engaged in their first campaign for the office. Former GOP Gov. Scott McCallum received a total of $15,000 in PAC contributions from Maximus employees in 2001 and 2002, and Thompson received a $5,000 contribution through the companys PAC in 1999. In 2001, a state audit found that Maximus spent $415,000 in disallowed or questioned expenses in the states Welfare to Work, or W-2, program. For instance, Maximus paid Broadway actress and singer Melba Moore $23,000 to sing to W-2 graduates and share her personal story with them at three events in June 1999, including a job training graduation ceremony for former welfare recipients held at Milwaukee Area Technical College, according to that report. In 2005, state officials ordered Maximus to repay $35,400 in bonuses awarded with taxpayer money to its executives doing W-2 work after a state audit found that those payments violated state policy. In all, Maximus paid more than $721,000 in bonuses to workers from 2002 through 2004, with the vast majority of that coming from W-2 funds.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:23:49 +0000
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