The City of Tye, Texas, is conducting an internal audit to look into a high number of water billing errors and complaints of soaring costs. One customer has complained that in recent months her bill more than doubled, from $50 a month to $106. In October, residential water bill rates Read More
Former internal auditor for the town of Greenwich, Conn., Melinda Frame, is suing the town. Her complaint was filed last week in State Superior Court in Stamford. Frame, who was hired in August of 2016, says the town interfered with her internal audit work and covered up problems in town Read More
The Institute for Internal Auditors has published a new practice guide to help public sector internal auditors improve the work they do to audit public institutions and municipalities. Incorporating the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing and insights for internal audit practitioners in the public sector globally, Read More
The University of Texas School of Law is working to improve its financial oversight and controls after an internal audit found that an ex-facilities employee committed a nearly $1.6 million fraud. Former facilities director Jason Shoumaker was indicted last year on charges of theft, money laundering, and abusing his official Read More
As a high-level government auditor, Beth Kennedy has investigated or reviewed the spending of many city of Los Angeles departments without serious incident, she says. But now, Kennedy, a chief internal auditor for City Controller Ron Galperin, is alleging that she was warned not to delve too deeply into controversial Read More
An internal audit by the Gary, Indiana city audit staff revealed $13,000 in stolen funds from the city’s Genesis Convention Center, according to a statement by Gary’s mayor, Karen Freeman-Wilson released yesterday. The stolen funds were diverted from federal grant money to the convention center by an accountant working for Read More
More than $8 million in construction cost increases tied to the El Paso Independent School District’s 2016 bond program did not go before the board for approval as required, according to a new internal audit report. As a result, auditors warn final costs are likely to exceed the figures the school board Read More
The City of New Orleans’ Inspector General found that the former management at the Sewerage and Water Board interfered with internal auditors, rendering them completely ineffective. Inspector General Derry Harper said the S&WB auditors weren’t able to provide effective oversight of the agency’s operations between 2016 and 2018. The IG’s Read More
A few months after stepping into the role, Carey Bryce left her position this week as internal auditor for the city of Columbia, Mo., the city’s Communications Director Steven Sapp confirmed to the Missourian this week. Bryce, who was hired in February, transferred to a business analyst position in Columbia’s Read More
