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Audit Finds CT Treasurer Overpaid 29 Employees

Audit: CT Treasurer overpaid 29 employees

CT human rights agency says it is 'chronically understaffed' after audit finds it missed deadlines

ECSU failed to secure data center, limit access to sensitive IT areas, audit finds

CT’s Human Rights Commission ‘Chronically Understaffed,’ Regularly Misses Deadlines, Audit Notes

Audit: CT DMV Spent More Than $100K On Paid Leave Past 15-Day Limit

Melissa in the Morning: Missing Bullet Proof Vests

DMV cited by auditors for state vehicle use, paid administrative leave

State audit: Judicial Branch lost 27 bulletproof vests

Audit finds 'errors and omissions' in Connecticut government accounting reports from agencies

CT Auditors Recommend 7 Legislative Changes

Report: Only 42% state audit recommendations implemented

Access Health CT violated purchasing rules, skipped required report, audit says

Access Health Audit Highlights Lack Of Internal Controls

CT lawmakers question Department of Correction on paid leave audit and inmate medical care

CT lawmakers question DOC on audit failures

Lawmakers question DOC leaders after audit flagged shortcomings

CT Angel Investor Tax Credit lacks purpose and competitiveness

Connecticut Innovations failed to track angel tax credits as required, audit finds

State audit finds Angel Investor Tax Credit lacks clear goals, measures

Melissa in the Morning: State Audits

Audit finds unapproved overtime, missing assets at CT's Department of Aging and Disability Services

CT Audit Finds $10K In Unapproved OT At Department of Aging

Audit: Department Of Veterans Affairs Missing Overtime Documents, Computer

Connecticut audit flags time reporting issues, idle vehicles and permit backlogs at DEEP

DEEP Audit Highlights $75K Improper Leave Payments, Missing Mileage Logs For 150 State Vehicles

CT Health Care Transformation an ‘Empty Promise,’ CT Republicans Say After OHS Audit

CT Health Strategy Office missing evidence for $15 million in evaluations, audit finds

CT Office of Health Strategy audit finds P-Card issues

Audit: CT Health Strategy Office Missing Purchase Logs, Contract Reports

Audit: ECSU missing info for $100k in expenses, contracts

ECSU Audit Finds Issues With College President’s Expenditures

Government Accountability Audit Finds 1,200-Case Backlog With Firearm Appeals

SCSU Audit: bidding, P-Card, and inventory issues

SCSU failed to enforce rules for $77K in purchase-card transactions, audit shows

SCSU Audit Highlights Improper Card Usage, Altered Agreements

Connecticut State Library faulted for not supporting $215M value of collection, report finds

Audit: CT’s Venture Capital Firm Failed To Monitor Compliance

$93 million in CT funds sent to businesses went unchecked, report finds

State audit: CT Innovations didn’t ‘sufficiently monitor’ compliance of firms receiving business aid

Audit: Lamont staff fumbled vehicle oversight, had laptop surplus

Audit: CT Governor’s Office Failed To Follow Policy On Pool Vehicle Parking And Mileage Logs, Had Too Many Computers

Audit flags Governor’s Office for misuse of cars

Audit: CT Public Health Department Compromised Patients’ Private Information During Pandemi

Report: Special education schools fail to provide required services

Audit: CT Department of Transportation failed to approve routine overtime over 80% of time reviewed

Audit finds safety, oversight failures at Connecticut special education schools

Audit: CT Special Education Providers Put Student Safety At Risk

Some private special education schools in CT didn't do background checks, report finds

Auditors find IEP contractors not delivering all services

Audit: CT DOT Failed To Monitor Grant Project, Underpaid Vendor $25K

Auditors find contracting issues at Office of Early Childhood

Audit Finds Connecticut Airport Authority Overpaid Legal Fees

State audit finds gaps in police access to CT college security systems

CT DCF Says New Policies Will Help Better Track Children After Audit Showed Many Go Missing Repeatedly

CT has 'epidemic' rate of kids being trafficked for sex, DCF chief says

Audit: “inadequate management” of $2.7M higher ed safety project

CT lawmakers hear from auditors, DCF on missing kids report

Audit: CT State University System Has Not Fully Implemented Purchasing Process Mandated By Law In 1998

Audit: CT Military Department overpaid two retiring employees

Audit: Military Department botched separation payments

Audit: CT Service Members Received Relief Funds Months After 7-Day Limit

Who’ll notice prison audit? And Bronin has a health issue too

Audit: DOC employee on paid leave for more than three years

Audit: CT Department of Correction overpaid workers on disciplinary leave

Audit: Some CT Correction Employees Were On Paid Leave For Three Years Longer Than Two-Month Limit

SEEC blames ‘permanent’ staffing shortages for late reports

Audit: CT election regulators late reviewing campaign activity reports

Audit: Elections Watchdog More Than a Year Late With Some Campaign Reports

Audit: CT state childhood education worker improperly received $5K in overtime pay

Audit: CT Agency Submitted Quarterly Report Two Years Late

Audit: CT prosecutors should explain decision to dismiss domestic violence charges

Auditors: ‘Significant Deficiencies’ Found In Family Violence Diversion Program

AUDIT: Division of Criminal Justice’s family violence diversion practices failed to comply with statutory requirements

DCJ audit finds significant issues with diversion programs

Audit finds more kids missing from CT foster care

Audit: CT DCF faulted for children suffering sex trafficking victimization, fleeing state care

DCF Audit Highlights Risks Of Foster Care

DCF audit finds 94% spike in runaway child incidents

Audit: CT state development agency faulted for not justifying film tax credits

Audit: UConn is blocking dining hall workers from joining state retirement plans

UConn Audit Finds Seven Deficiency Areas

Audit faults UConn for separating dining employees from state employees

Audit Uncovers Gaps In Overtime Oversight, Internal Controls At DESPP

DESPP audit finds mismanagement of overtime, weapons

State auditors release scathing report on Department of Emergency Services

DCF paid foster parent $20k to look after own foster children

Audit: CT DCF improperly paid foster parent $19k for daycare, late to investigate abuse cases

State Auditors Call For DCF To Tighten Up Internal Processes

CT's Department of Revenue Services lacks procedures for seized contraband, audit shows

DMHAS audit finds repeat oversight failures

Audit: CT mental health and addiction agency can't find $64K in purchases

Audit: Mental Health and Addiction Services Lacking Performance Evaluations, Proper Overtime Documentation

DSS Audit Highlights Dozens of Deficiencies, Including Failure to Report Data Breaches

Audit: CT Department of Social Services paid $61k in benefits to dead people, overpaid others

Audit of Legislative Management Office Cites Missing FMLA Forms, Other Internal Control Deficiencies

Audit: CT legislative management late reporting losses, lacked medical leave forms

Audit: CT state comptroller office sent report to General Assembly 500 days late

Dept. Social Services improperly gave $600k in health care, SNAP

Audit: AG Office Overpaid Employee $22K For Accrued Sick Time

CT attorney general overpaid worker $22,000 in unused sick leave, report says

CT auditors: Progress made but more needed to prevent elder abuse

CT lawmakers grill CSCU chancellor over lavish spending. Some say he should resign

CSCU’s Cheng faces grilling by lawmakers over audit that uncovered misspending

CSCU chancellor apologizes for questionable spending habits

CSCU Chancellor Faces Intense Scrutiny Over Financial, Transparency Failures

Elderly services lack resources for audit recommendations

Audit: CT Department of Aging and Disability Services faulted for overpaying sick leave

Audit: CT Office of Policy and Management failed to control overtime

Auditors question why CSCU head received $21K to move to CT, but still lives in NY

CSCU mistakenly double pays Chancellor for housing expenses. He still owes $11K to correct it: Audit

CT comptroller failed to verify millions paid for health claims, audit says

Audit: Unit in Comptroller’s office lacked ‘sufficient’ controls and led to mistakes in life insurance payments

Auditors: Comptroller’s Office Lacked Internal Controls For Insurance Payouts

Audit: CT Ag Station Miscalculated Payments To 84 Employees

Audit: CT Agricultural Station overpaid workers by more than $10,000

Audit: CT Insurance Department failed to meet deadlines; track comp time

Audit: CT Port Authority failed to seek bids and properly purchase supplies

Port Authority fails to follow purchasing rules for third audit in a row

Audit: CT Office of Higher Education failed to properly pay bills, collect fees

Connecticut Port Authority State Audit Shows Financial Discrepancies

State Audit Finds Issues With Asset Management In Office Of Higher Education

Audit Finds Deficiencies In Department Of Housing

Audit: CT Department of Housing failed to fully monitor program for crumbling home foundations

Audit Finds Deficiencies In Department Of Housing

DOH found to have poor financial and accounting practices by APA

Audit: CT Department of Children and Families needs to place more at-risk children with relatives

CT audit report details areas in need of improvement within DCF's kinship care practices

State Audit reveals gaps in DCF’s kinship care practices, calling for major improvements

Report: Auditors Find DCF Didn’t Do Enough to Connect Children with Family Caregivers

DCF falling short of family reunification goals, per state audit

State Auditors: Nearly 1 in 5 DDS Investigations Of Abuse And Neglect Faced Delays

State audit finds DDS slow to investigate neglect, abuse, client death

Melissa in the Morning: Public Defender Audit

State auditors release report on Connecticut Division of Public Defenders

I-Team: $22k spent on state employee "meeting" which included pony rides and airbrush tattoos

State Public Defenders spend $22k on party

Mistakenly doubled salary explains state government

Overpaid $164K, CT state employee must pay it back $1K every paycheck for almost 5 years

DOC employee to repay state $1,000 every paycheck for next five years

Audit finds CT has made little progress to correct problems at assisted living facilities

Melissa in the Morning: Alarming Audit Report

Connecticut Department of Corrections audit has startling findings

Audit: CT Division of Criminal Justice failed to collect seized drug money

Audit uncovers financial mismanagement, delayed medical care at Department of Correction

Audit: Connecticut Innovations failed to verify new job claims

State auditors say CT Innovations fails to verify jobs created via incentives

Auditors Find State Venture Capital Firm Fails to Validate Job Creation Numbers

State Auditors release damning report on Department of Corrections

Auditors Find Multiple Repeat Violations At DOC

CT Department of Correction needs better bookkeeping, audit says

Audit finds DEEP paid employee facing criminal charges $109K more than allowed

Audit: DEEP deficient in paid administrative leave, tracking time off

Audit details DEEP criticism

Audit: Connecticut DEEP overpaid about $109K to conservation officer who faced criminal charges

Audit: CT Department of Veterans Affairs improperly paid overtime, comp time

Audit: ethics office posted $50,000 in receipts late

PODCAST: CT wage theft complaints pile up due to labor department staffing issues

Wage theft complaint backlog grows, but Dept. of Labor lacks staff

Audit: SERC underreported millions in expenses

CT lawmakers disagree over solutions for state's delays to investigate wage complaints

Auditors Report: state Department of Labor Didn't Assign Hundreds of Cases for Investigation

I-Team: State audit reveals Department of Labor failed to assign complaint cases

Audit: CT labor department failed to promptly investigate unpaid wage complaints

Audit: DOL had hundreds of backlogged complaints

State Audit Reveals Backlog of Over 800 Labor Complaints

Audit finds IT deficiency at CSCU

Audit: Connecticut Workers Comp Commission faulted over leave time

Connecticut medical examiner faulted in audit for slow deposits of revenue

Audit Report Finds Deficiencies and Noncompliance Issues in Medical Examiner's Office

Audit: CT DMV wrote off $7.6 million in emission test late fees

Audit finds lack of internal controls in Connecticut DMV

State Audit Says DMV Must "Strengthen Internal Controls," Cites Several Issues

Auditors: Connecticut health insurance exchange failed to report three data breaches

Data breaches, litany of other issues found in state Health Insurance Exchange

Audit reveals repeat DECD inadequacies

State audit reveals misuses of federal funds

Audit: CT Dept. of Correction faulted for data controls

Audit finds deficiencies in treasurer's office

CT Secretary of the State criticized for not keeping track of property and sales

Audit: Hundreds of Millions improperly awarded in film tax credits

Audit Reveals Partial Implementation of Key Recommendations For Caregiver Program

CT human rights agency faulted for missing deadlines; tracking equipment

Overtime, comp time issues cited in audit of CT Judicial Branch

Audit: CT Judicial Branch overstated $13 million in accounts receivable

Audit faults UConn Health for manager pay and excessive overtime

Many repeat payroll, inventory issues found in UConn Health records: Audit

Audit: Deficiencies in Connecticut Heritage Foundation financial reporting

Audit contradicts UConn's denial that it overpaid professors on sabbatical

Auditors say DSS failed to report $1.8 million loss of funds

Audit: State agency paid $75k in benefits to deceased clients

Audit Finds DSS Failed to Report Data Breaches, Losses in Medicaid Funding

Is CT State Library failing to keep track of millions of dollars in books, art and artifacts?

AG William Tong criticizes recent audit report, stressing billions of dollars collected

Editorial: No excuse for paper OT slips and failure to collect millions in CT's attorney general's office

Audit questions how Connecticut's paid leave authority hired consultants

Audit: AG's office failed to reconcile $10 million in settlements

Editorial: Will UConn fix bad business practices?

UConn audit finds repeat violations of bylaws, state statute

Auditors Identify Overpayments For Faculty Sabbaticals, No-Bid Contracts And Other Issues At UConn

UConn overpaid some employees on sabbatical, audit finds