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City audit finds duplicate ARPA payments, calls for stronger Workday controls
Summary
A Baltimore City auditor reported four duplicate ARPA payments and gaps in Workday documentation that slowed recovery and transparency; city administrators said no federal funds were lost and pledged process and system fixes by mid-2026.
City auditors on Nov. 19 presented a biannual performance audit of the Mayor’s Office of Recovery Programs that identified duplicate payments, inconsistent accounting of recovered amounts, and difficulty tracing contract attachments in Workday.
Josh Pash, the city auditor, told the Board of Estimates the audit extended through 2025 to capture the bulk of ARPA spending and that the team verified “all $641,000,000 of funds was obligated before 12/31/2024,” the Treasury obligation deadline. He said auditors found four duplicate payments in fiscal 2024 and a tested sample from 2023 that together accounted for roughly $336,000 and described how invoice-number differences and data-entry practices prevented Workday’s…
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