City Hall Spends on Compliance

Just months after the city's Human Resources Commissioner, Jacqueline King, resigned her position following a scathing report by federal hiring monitor Noelle Brennan, Chicago has awarded over $150 million worth of consulting contracts for "examination, administration and security" of employee selection tests, "executive talent identification and recruiting" and operation of "assessment centers" to a group of contractors.

Human Resources spokeswoman Connie Buscemi told the Sun Times that the unprecedented wave of contracts doesn't mean that city hall is phasing out its human resources department. Instead, she said, they have reorganized to be in compliance with federal hiring agreements and the Shakman Decrees.

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