A recent report by Connecticut’s state auditors determined the Department of Children and Families may be foregoing federal reimbursement funding by not tracking purchases made with debit cards provided by the department to clients and families. This was not the first time DCF has been faulted by the auditors for ...
The Office of the State Comptroller procured a $330 million personal service contract, but the contractor did not actually sign the agreement until 135 business days after the start of the contract period, according to a new audit. Although the contract had been signed by both the Comptroller’s Office and ...
A whistleblower complaint filed by a former employee with the Department of Economic and Community Development alleges the department is keeping delinquent and unpaid loans on the books through loan modifications and additional loans in order to boost their success rate. The 2018 complaint highlights a number of delinquent loans ...
Access Health CT paid 16 employees who were terminated from Connecticut’s state-based health insurance program a total of $678,954 between 2014 and 2018, according to state auditors. Four employees alone received $207,363 before Access Health developed a severance policy in 2016. The average payout was more than $42,000 based on ...
Connecticut’s Department of Labor has a “hostile work environment” – particularly in the Wage and Workplace Standards Division which investigates and levies fines against employers for violations of state labor laws. That’s according to Connecticut state auditors who released the latest audit of the department. Seven recommendations by the auditors ...
Connecticut State Auditors found 47 students were enrolled in magnet schools outside of the lottery process during the 2016-2017 school year in a new audit of the State Department of Education, potentially violating the 1996 Sheff v. O’Neill State Supreme Court ruling.