Oregon Department of Transportation's former chief information officer will receive $465,000 from the state as part of a whistleblower settlement.
Mark Sauer sued the state alleging ODOT fired him in retaliation for speaking out against problems he anticipated with the transition to Workday, which led to widespread payroll issues for state workers.
Sauer served as the head of ODOT's information services from July 2020 to April 2023, when he was terminated a week after being told the state's CIO "would not work with" him, the lawsuit said. Sauer had worked alongside Tracy Wroblewski, the ODOT's chief financial officer, as the agency's leaders in the payroll modernization.
Sauer's suit said he was concerned end-to-end testing between ODOT's time system and Workday — which he felt was necessary to prevent incorrect payments — would not be completed. He expressed this view to Department of Administrative Services (DAS), ODOT and other project leaders, according to the complaint.
His complaint said a slideshow presented in late October 2022 to decide if the system was ready for roll out "indicated that all agencies had signed off on...
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