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Vaught Retires, Pollet Named Acting Illinois DCEO

By on November 21, 2012

(AP)  THE DIRECTOR OF THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IS RETIRING FROM FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT WITH THE STATE.

GOV. PAT QUINN ANNOUNCED 65-YEAR-OLD DAVID VAUGHT’S RETIREMENT TODAY.  IN A STATEMENT, QUINN PRAISED VAUGHT AND THANKED HIM FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE STATE.  VAUGHT’S RETIREMENT CAME DAYS AFTER A REPORT FROM THE ILLINOIS INSPECTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE FOUND ABUSES OF HIRING LAWS AT DCEO AND CRITICIZED THE AGENCY FOR FAILING TO ADEQUATELY REVIEW APPOINTEES’ QUALIFICATIONS.

QUINN HAS APPOINTED ADAM POLLET AS THE DEPARTMENT’S ACTING DIRECTOR, EFFECTIVE MONDAY.  HE’S A HARVARD LAW SCHOOL GRAD WHO MOST RECENTLY HAS SERVED AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT.

VAUGHT WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF DCEO IN APRIL AFTER HEADING THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET SINCE 2009.