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Committee orders subpoenas for local officials after repeated audit findings; directs LSO to request performance audit of LSO
Summary
The Management Audit Committee voted to subpoena several local officials and ordered further review after Department of Audit staff detailed repeated unresolved audit findings in small local governments.
The Management Audit Committee on July 9 voted to subpoena officials from several local entities after Department of Audit staff described cases in which audit findings remained unresolved over multiple years.
Justin Chavis, director of the Department of Audit, and Rich Cummings, administrator for the Public Funds Division, told the committee their office issues reports showing repeated deficiencies in internal controls, segregation of duties and financial reporting in some small towns and special districts. "We give them a few years because, sometimes what ends up happening is depending on the issuance of our audit, we have to give them time to develop that—s fixes," Cummings said when asked about follow-up…
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