Other title: Ohio Department of Administrative Services and Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation; Other title: Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation

"Date of report: December 13, 2018."; INITIAL ALLEGATION AND COMPLAINT SUMMARY: The Office of the Ohio Inspector General has conducted a series of investigations related to the Ohio Department of Administrative Services (ODAS) Office of Information Technology (OIT). These investigations were initiated from complaints received by the Office of the Ohio Inspector General, newspaper articles, and information learned from prior investigations. Because of information discovered in related investigations, the Office of the Ohio Inspector General found evidence that Peter Quinn of Advocate Solutions, LLC, and an ODAS executive IT consultant, may have collaborated with another consultant to tailor position specifications to favor a specific candidate for inclusion in a Request for Quote (RFQ). Additionally, these emails indicated that Quinn may have exerted influence on Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (OBWC) and ODAS employees to award a contract to Stonyhurst Consulting LLC (Stonyhurst) in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 for the services of Greg McCoy. On February 21, 2018, the Office of the Ohio Inspector General initiated an investigation into the bidding, selection, and hiring processes used by OBWC to hire McCoy effective May 9, 2016 .Report (2 unnumbered pages, 39 pages, 2 unnumbered pages) -- Exhibit (28 pages in various pagings)