PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former prison executive is facing an Oregon Government Ethics Commission investigation to determine if he violated the state’s “revolving door” prohibition by working for a company that won a multimillion-dollar contract he helped advance.
The Oregonian reports that 56-year-old Michael Taaffe started work in March for Correctional Health Partners, three days before he left as assistant business services administrator for the state Corrections Department’s Health Services Division.
Taaffe was on a three-member panel that in March 2009 selected Correctional Health Partners to manage some medical care for the state’s 14,000 inmates.
Taaffe had no comment. But a spokesman for Correctional Health Partners said the company has no concerns and feels Taaffe is a very ethical employee.
