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Controller's audit finds weak controls on impound account, inconsistent grant practices; department concurs and will forward guidelines
Summary
A controller performance audit found insufficient assurance that the Department of the Environment charged the solid-waste impound account only for intended purposes, inconsistent grant scoring and weak grantee monitoring; the department concurred with recommendations and committee continued the item to May 7 to receive impound-account guidelines.
The Controller's Office presented a performance audit of the Department of the Environment that identified weaknesses in how impound-account funds are charged and how grants and contracts are scored, monitored and evaluated.
Controller staff said the impound (solid waste) account is a primary funding source for the department and represented approximately 70% of the department's budget in FY 2005 in the review period. The audit found the department often allocated nearly half of impound-account costs using budget estimates and workload allocations rather than actual time tracking. Controller staff recommended a…
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