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Thursday, August 28, 2008

O.C. deputies are still racking up exorbitant amounts of overtime

California | Local | By Stuart Pfeifer | August 28, 2008
Despite an ongoing audit of overtime spending within the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, deputies continue to work exorbitant amounts of overtime and county and department officials remain concerned about employee burnout. Read more
 

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Pentagon audits are investigated

National | July 24, 2008
Pentagon oversight agency officials forced changes to unfavorable reports on defense contracts, hid contractor overbilling and attempted to hinder an investigation, the Government Accountability Office reported. Read more
 

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Feds to review air control staffing

California | Local | By Dan Weikel | June 21, 2008
Federal officials announced Friday that they would assess the air traffic control staffing levels and their effects on safety at Los Angeles International Airport and two other key locations in California. Read more
 

Friday, May 30, 2008

L.A. controller finds no fault with key airport contracts

California | Local | By Dan Weikel | May 30, 2008
An audit released Thursday found no indication that Los Angeles airports director Gina Marie Lindsey improperly influenced the awarding of two major contracts related to the modernization of LAX. The Los Angeles city controller’s office concluded that airport staff followed correct procedures during the selection of DMJM Aviation Inc. Read more
 

Thursday, April 17, 2008

State traces sex offenders to child-care homes

California | Local | April 17, 2008
The state social services agency Wednesday was moving to shut down nine homes used for child day care and foster care after an audit found registered sex offenders in them in violation of state law. Read more
 

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Oversight urged for L.A. parks

California | Local | By Duke Helf | March 29, 2008
The Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks is losing “hundreds of thousands of dollars” annually because it fails to adequately manage concession contracts at golf courses, parks and other public facilities, City Controller Laura Chick said Friday. Read more
 

Monday, February 18, 2008

HUD faults L.A. County official

California | Local | February 18, 2008
Federal auditors have called for the ouster of the Los Angeles County Housing Authority’s director, saying his agency has not properly administered the $200 million federal housing voucher program for the county’s poor and has sought to conceal its shortcomings. Read more
 

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

State steps up scrutiny of insurers

Business | January 30, 2008
Lawmakers and regulators took aim at California health insurers Tuesday in efforts aimed at making sure they cover members’ medical needs and pay physicians and hospitals what they owe them – and on time. Read more
 

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Audit finds ‘prudent’ management of O.C.’s investments

California | Local | January 29, 2008
An independent auditor hired by the Orange County Board of Supervisors has found the county’s investment portfolio is being managed in a “thoughtful, prudent manner” by the elected treasurer and that the investment pools are sound, according to a report released Monday. Read more
 

Friday, January 25, 2008

Solar power efforts struggle

California | Local | January 25, 2008
Despite state goals to encourage alternative energy, no application to build a large solar power plant in California has been approved in 18 years, and new projects could face significant delays in the bureaucracy, the state auditor said Thursday. Read more
 

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Audit questions CHP’s use of plane

California | Local | January 23, 2008
State auditors questioned the California Highway Patrol in a report Tuesday about a costly executive airplane that auditors say was used to transport non-agency personnel and make trips that were either unnecessary or could have been made more economically by car. Read more
 

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Contractor failed to deliver vital parental notices, county says

California | Local | January 17, 2008
Los Angeles County auditors accused a private investigations company Wednesday of failing to fulfill a contract that required it to notify troubled parents if a judge was being asked to take away their children. Read more
 

Placentia spending is faulted

California | Local | January 17, 2008
A soon-to-be-released Caltrans audit will assert that Placentia improperly spent as much as $36 million in state funds to pay for an ambitious rail-corridor project that drove the tiny north Orange County city to the brink of bankruptcy, state and municipal officials said Wednesday. Read more
 

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

L.A. should take steps to limit lawsuit payouts, audit finds

California | Local | January 8, 2008
Los Angeles’ approach to potential lawsuits is “reactionary and knee-jerk,” often wasting taxpayer money in costly settlements and court judgments that could have been avoided, City Controller Laura Chick said Monday. Read more
 

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

California in Brief / MERCED - Funds approved for elections audit

California | Local | December 25, 2007
Following a string of errors at the Merced County elections office, the Board of Supervisors last week approved spending up to $75,000 to hire an attorney to audit elections practices. Read more
 

Friday, December 14, 2007

Economic value of hospitals’ charity work is hard to assess

California | Local | By Mary Engel | December 14, 2007
For-profit hospitals in California provide free care to indigent patients at rates equal to nonprofit hospitals that receive income and property tax exemptions, according to a report released Thursday by the state auditor’s office. Read more
 

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Millions wasted by State Fund

Business | By Marc Lifsher | December 11, 2007
California’s scandal-plagued government-run workers’ compensation insurance company spent more than half a billion dollars over the last decade for outside marketing help that often provided “minimal services,” a scathing new state audit shows. Read more
 

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

IN BRIEF | Los Angeles County | LOS ANGELES - City overpays insurers $1.2 million, Chick says

California | Local | November 21, 2007
The city’s Personnel Department has been overpaying insurers for employees about $1.2 million annually, according to an audit released Tuesday by Controller Laura Chick. Read more
 

Friday, November 16, 2007

IN BRIEF | Los Angeles County | LOS ANGELES - City says problems in rent program resolved

California | Local | November 16, 2007
City officials announced Thursday that long-standing financial deficiencies in a rental assistance program for homeless families have been corrected, bringing to a close a 2006 federal audit that identified the trouble. Read more
 

Friday, November 9, 2007

The talk of the Reagan library

California | Local | By Steve Chawkins and Catherine Saillant | November 9, 2007
A lavish gala was to kick off a display of Nancy Reagan’s ball gowns Thursday night, but visitors to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library near Simi Valley were buzzing more about the landmark’s record-keeping problems – lapses so severe that National Archives officials are unable to say whether gifts to the Reagans have been stolen or are lost inside the massive museum complex. Read more
 
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