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Ohio inspector general details fraud probe workload, seeks level funding for biennium
Summary
Inspector General Randall Meyer told the Government Oversight and Reform Committee that his 17‑person office has focused recent resources on investigating pandemic unemployment fraud, has identified hundreds of millions in losses over his tenure, and is requesting level appropriations to maintain current staffing and oversight.
Inspector General Randall Meyer told the Government Oversight and Reform Committee on the state operating budget that the Office of the Inspector General needs steady funding to keep investigating fraud, waste and abuse across the executive branch.
Meyer testified that the office — which he said has jurisdiction over the governor, executive staff, state agencies, boards, commissions, state universities and medical colleges — is staffed by 17 professionals and that more than 80% of the office’s budget is payroll. He said the office has released more than 790 reports of investigation, issued 1,614 recommendations to agencies and “identified over a quarter‑billion dollars lost to the state of Ohio”…
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