A bleak analysis of the Denver Regional Transportation District’s (RTD) internal audit division was shared earlier this month with RTD’s board, which pledged to make immediate changes. The report, conducted as a peer review by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), did not pull punches. The report listed 17 Read More
The D.C. Housing Authority’s former internal auditor resigned after she says she faced retaliation and intimidation from agency heads over an audit that found $1.3 million in wasted funds. In deposition testimony, the former director of DCHA’s internal audit office, Joanne Wallington, says DCHA Director Tyrone Garrett, chief operating officer Read More
The Navy has been queueing up a 70 percent budget cut to the Naval Audit Service, led by special interests and without Congressional approval. The move is unprecedented, and it could lead to significant misuse and even greater waste. With the Navy’s goal to have over 355 ships in its fleet Read More
State Auditor Beth Wood said the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) did not follow standard practices for its latest audit, leading to possible inaccuracies within the embattled state agency. Wood laid out a slew of issues Wednesday with the NCDOT’s December audit to the Senate Committee on Transportation. She Read More
The Institute of Internal Auditors sent the Secretary of Defense a letter expressing “deep concern” over a proposal that would “effectively demolish” the U.S. Navy’s Internal Audit Service through a 70 percent budget reduction. The budget cut, proposed during the previous administration and currently under review, would “disproportionately divest crucial Read More
A former internal auditor at NJ Transit claims in an email sent to state and federal officials this week that the agency has slipshod controls that have allowed fraud to take place, lacks transparency for internal investigations, and has no established standards for bus maintenance. “As a NJT Internal Audit Read More
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has created a new Office of Internal Auditing intended to enhance compliance, oversight, and accountability of national security activities at the Bureau. It also named Mark J. Gerber, a former PwC partner and FBI special agent, as the assistant director to lead the new office. Read More
Reports of the suspicious deaths of four public-sector internal auditors in Liberia are sending shock waves through the internal auditing profession amid calls for greater investigation into the circumstances of the incidents. Occurring over eight days, from October 3-10, the four deaths involved Emmanuel Barten Nyeswua, director general, Liberia Internal Read More
The Austin, Texas, Office of the City Auditor uncovered a $1.3 million theft scheme conducted by its former director of libraries, who used his city credit card to purchase printer toner and resell it online, the Austin Monitor reports. The employee also purchased electronics and home goods for his personal Read More
Auditors at San Diego’s transportation and planning agency are accusing management of improperly making severance and sick time payments to employees, and failing to report the expenditures to the agency’s board of directors. The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) Executive Director Hassan Ikhrata supervises an annual budget of nearly Read More
