S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is considering naming Karen Floyd to her cabinet, multiple sources at the S.C. State House tell FITS.
Specifically, the former SCGOP chairwoman is being considered as the next head of the S.C. Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation (SCLLR).
Why is that interesting? Well, Floyd has been leading the charge to get current [...]
Karen Floyd To LLR?
SCDHEC Board Selects Catherine Templeton
The S.C. Board of Health and Environmental Control is pleased to announce that it has completed its search for our new Commissioner. Over the last four months, the Board and its search committee have reviewed several hundred applications, conducted numerous interviews and brought three very qualified candidates before the full Board. We are thankful to [...]
Haley Warned Regarding Templeton Appointment
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley has been warned by State Senators to expect a “difficult fight” if she nominates a controversial cabinet member as the next commissioner of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC).
Haley is widely-expected to choose Catherine Templeton – the embattled director of the S.C. Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation [...]
SC LLR Director Reveals Reforms
November 18, 2011
Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee
S.C. Senate
P.O. Box 142
Columbia, SC 29202
Dear Committee Members:
Below please find the requested information regarding streamlining efforts and direct savings to the businesses and taxpayers of South Carolina accomplished by the S.C. Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation in less than a year.
Legislative Audit Council
The below information will also address [...]
SC LLR Lawyer Update
S.C. Labor, Licensing and Regulation (SCLLR) director Catherine Templeton has elevated former gubernatorial staffer Austin Smith to the newly-created position of Deputy Director of Labor.
Smith was one of three politically-connected attorneys hired by Templeton earlier this year to fill three other newly-created positions at the agency.
As with those previous hirings, Smith’s new job was not [...]
SC LLR’s Lawyer Hiring Spree
South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (LLR) director Catherine Templeton has hired three inexperienced attorneys to fill newly-created positions within the agency – leap-frogging more experienced lawyers while at the same time reportedly evading the state’s human resource requirements.
News of the controversial hires comes just two weeks after a legislative audit exposed numerous [...]
SC LLR’s “Nail File Knock List”
Recently, FITS reported on a state government audit of the S.C. Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (LLR).
While this report uncovered several serious problems at the agency, it was by no means a seismic scandal – and probably would have vanished into the ether of last week’s internet news were it not for the agency’s [...]
