Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll agree that I can relate anything in life to an episode of M*A*S*H. One of my favorites was an episode early in Season 3 in which Harry Morgan, prior to returning to play…
January 21, 2014 – 2:08 pm
At the end of this year, Congress will lose one of its strongest government watchdogs as Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) retires. Whether you agreed or disagreed with his politics, Coburn definitely will leave his mark as being one of the…
September 26, 2012 – 12:45 pm
I’ve seen it on TV shows several times. An official with a federal agency swoops in on the local police force or investigative agency and essentially takes over a major investigation, showing a fair amount of arrogance all the while…
Hurricane Katrina caused so much devastation to lives and property when it roared through the Gulf Coast almost seven years ago. Unfortunately, attempts at recovery have been just as tragic as federal emergency funding has continued to go misspent.
It’s that time of year again. The time when some people go nuts trying to pick the winners in the NCAA basketball tournament, and many will even call in sick on Thursday and Friday to watch the games (ahem, definitely…
By Jerry Ashworth
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Posted in Awards, Compliance/Reporting, Grants Management, Improper Payments, Single Audits
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Also tagged abuse, Circular A-133, compliance requirements, fraud, March Madness, OMB, program performance, single audits
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September 15, 2011 – 6:00 am
(This post is based on an upcoming article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General (PDAG) ordered the state Department of Public Welfare to better oversee its Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, noting that…
By Jerry Ashworth
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Posted in Compliance/Reporting, Grants Management, Improper Payments, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, Single Audits, State and Local Governments
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Also tagged abuse, Department of Energy, fraud, LIHEAP, monitoring, Pennsylvania, Sneak Preview, Social Security numbers
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August 15, 2011 – 11:29 am
Did you grow up listening to a police scanner? Reading the local crime blotter? I always loved the buzzing and crackling of my grandfather’s scanner in the background whenever we’d go visit, and although we didn’t have a police department…
Amid all the pro-transparency, pro-accountability, anti-waste hoopla that has dominated the headlines (and our blog) concerning Rep. Daniel Issa’s (R-Calif.) Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act) bill and President Obama’s Campaign to Cut Waste initiative, the real white elephant…
By Jerry Ashworth
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Posted in Compliance/Reporting, Congress, Grants Management, Improper Payments, Legislation, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Recovery Act/ARRA/Stimulus, State and Local Governments
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Also tagged American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Campaign to Cut Waste, compliance, DATA Act, FAST Board, Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board, Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, Issa, Obama, reporting, states
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“The truth is, no one reads this thing,” declared President Obama, pointing to a stack of Federal Registers. Ceasing hard-copy publication of the Federal Register (which has been available online for years) is “just the tip of the iceberg” for…
By Adrianne Fielding
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Posted in Compliance/Reporting, Congress, Funding Agencies, Grants Management, Improper Payments, Legislation, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, Performance Measurement, Recovery Act/ARRA/Stimulus, Technology/Systems
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Also tagged abuse, Executive Order, fraud, RATB
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February 16, 2011 – 10:00 am
Look at this window. Does it look weatherized to you? Me neither.
By Jerry Ashworth
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Posted in Improper Payments, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, Single Audits
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Also tagged abuse, audit, fraud, funds, grant, SA, state comptroller, Tennessee, weatherization
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