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State auditor flags procurement documentation gaps in 2024 single audit; DAS disputes some findings
Summary
The state auditor told the Appropriations Committee the 2024 Single Audit found gaps in procurement documentation and internal controls; DAS leaders said they disagreed with some findings and described the report as the first step in a multi-stage federal review.
The state auditor told the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee that Maine’s 2024 Single Audit identified process and documentation shortfalls in contract-related payments but did not include immediate question costs.
“...we do not have any question costs involved here,” State Auditor Matt Dunlap told the committee as he summarized the report distributed to legislators. He said auditors focused on whether agencies documented compliance with federal criteria and that missing documentation, not necessarily improper spending, drove many findings.
The auditors flagged roughly $2.1 billion in contract-related payments and tested a sample of contracts; Dunlap said auditors tested 45 contracts and the audit included 76 discrete findings, down from about 92 the prior year. He described the work as a compliance audit that identifies conditions and recommends management responses rather than an enforcement action.
Commissioner Kirsten Figueroa of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAS) responded that management disagreed in whole or in part with…
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