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Thursday, August 28, 2008
O.C. deputies are still racking up exorbitant amounts of overtime
California | Local |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
