Records show that chief of operations Marc M. Sullivan was forced out July 28 “in lieu of termination for misconduct.” His boss, Scott Swinford, also stepped down the same day, using an oddly identical letter citing personal reasons to resign. Legislative liaison Jennifer March, who had worked as a confidential assistant to the agency’s director, also was pushed out July 27, according to documents that say she “resigned in lieu of termination due to poor performance.”
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.