Using our transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that in 2008, the Illinois Department of Corrections paid four individuals with the position “Teacher of Barbering” a total of $300,838 in wages. The table below breaks down the compensation for the four teachers. Some Department of Corrections facilities offer vocational programs in barbering, including Stateville Correctional Center [...]
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$1 Million on Delivery of Drugs
Using our transparency site, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that in 2008, the Department of Public Health paid Procare Pharmacy in Chicago $1,048,144.44 for “Delivery Of Drugs.” The IDPH made two payments to Procare Pharmacy: one for $300,892.19 and another for $747,252.25. According to the State Comptroller’s OpenBook site, Procare Pharmacy has received $23,804,053.21 from the Department [...]
Purchases from Wal-Mart and Kmart
Between 2008 and our FOIA request in 2009, state agencies spent $47,261.77 at Kmart and $27,135.15 at Wal-Mart. In 2008, the Department of Corrections spent the most with $3,165 at Kmart and $1,625 at Wal-Mart. In 2009, the Department of Children and Family Services topped the spending list with $42,656 at Kmart and $380 at [...]
Department of Corrections Spent $750K on Travel
Using our transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that the Department of Corrections spent $181,825.18 on travel in 2008 and $577,059.69 in 2009 by the time of our FOIA request. Over the two year period, payments were made to more than 1,700 vendors with most of the vendors being individuals. The largest payments were made to [...]
Over $44 Million on Commodities
Using our transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that the State of Illinois spent over $44 million on commodities in 2009 by the time of our FOIA requests. The departments with the highest expenditures for 2009 were the Department of Corrections ($44,066,606) and the Department of Transportation ($553,803). The table below breaks down the spending by [...]