Chief Procurement Officer for the Connecticut State Contracting Standards Board (SCSB) Jonathan Longman has filed a complaint against the board with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO), alleging he has been harassed, bullied, and retaliated against in the latest breakdown between the powerful Board of volunteers and the very staff members the Board has tried desperately to get over the last two decades.
Longman, who was hired in February of 2023 under a six-year contract and receives roughly $140,000 per year in salary, has been conspicuously absent from SCSB meetings since late August after filing a whistleblower retaliation complaint and affidavit with the Office of Public Hearings (OPH) on July 22, 2024. Board members were unaware that he had taken such extensive leave until the SCSB’s September meeting when Executive Director Daniels informed them Longman had taken leave and was due back at the end of October.
It was during the October meeting, however, when the SCSB went into executive session to discuss a claim pending before the Office of Public Hearing. Inside Investigator submitted a Freedom of Information request to that Office seeking Longman’s complaint, only to be told that it is currently pending with CHRO. State employees must exhaust all administrative remedies, including going to the CHRO, before they can file a lawsuit in superior court.
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