Entries for 'Hawaii State Auditor'

...the Kaho‘olawe Rehabilitation Trust Fund will be depleted by FY2018....

None of the 47 new special and revolving funds proposed during the 2016 legislative session met amended statutory criteria....

The Office of Enterprise Technology Services agreed....

Med-QUEST Division did not properly plan for or implement the ACA....

Report of the 13-person Working Group....

...the department and HPHA inconsistently adhered to statutory reporting requirements for non-general funds and administratively created funds and accounts....

Don't worry.  It's only a $500M contract....

We found 86 old contract encumbrances totaling almost $4.6 million at the end of FY2015....

One special fund and five trust funds did not meet criteria...

Sixty-three special funds, revolving funds, trust funds, and trust accounts were reviewed....

"We ... examined a number of active charter schools whose financial data were similar to Hālau Lōkahi’s.'

Of 19 departments and agencies surveyed, 14 said capital improvement projects (CIPs) should not be handled centrally by the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS)....

Thirty-eight DCCA special funds, trust funds, and trust accounts were reviewed--One Fund Did Not Meet Criteria....

...in 2012, we reported that the State had issued and was responsible for reimbursing nearly $1 billion in tax credits; however, approximately three years later, we found that this obligation has nearly doubled, to almost $2 billion....

Mansha Consulting LLC was established in 2011 and operated out of a single-family home in Virginia....

Department provides little support for and minimal oversight of staff involved in procurements....

RCUH’s broad purpose allows projects remotely associated with research or training to qualify for exemptions from state procurement and civil service laws....

...the reforms are a work in progress....

...the stadium is a facility that inherently “pushes the boundaries”....

In 2012, we found that after nearly 40 years of existence, NELHA had yet to live up to its creators’ vision....

On February 27, 2013, the department conducted department-wide training for deputies whose clients administer non-general fund....

...we had a busy 2014—releasing 18 audits, analyses, and studies on everything from alternate uses of recycled glass to the regulation of medical marijuana dispensaries....

...the DBC Program paid $2.6 million in deposit refunds for approximately 3.5 million pounds of recycled materials that cannot be accounted for....

...We noted numerous questionable travel and entertainment costs as well as unsupported severance pay. These questionable costs may be disallowed by the funding agency....

...the interaction between the advance disposal fee (ADF) and the deposit beverage container (DBC) programs creates inefficiencies in the recycling or down-cycling of glass....

Where the 'Recycled' Glass Goes? -- Busted: Hee Family Tied to Massive Waste Dumping Scheme....

Seventeen funds and accounts did not meet criteria....

Nineteen funds and accounts did not meet criteria....

We also found instances where multiple funds were combined as a single fund in reports and did not include specific details of individual funds or accounts....

...although some funds have been repealed or are no longer active, their appropriation accounts have not been closed and balances remain....

House Bill No. 1200, House Draft 2, is not needed to comply with the Higher Education Act of 1965 and other flaws in the bill do not warrant its enactment....

...over the past three fiscal years, the program has paid out $28 million more in handling fees than it has collected in container fees....

As of February 2013, OHA owned or leased 28,206 acres, making it Hawai‘i’s 13th largest landowner....

...Dependence on and accommodation of contractors subverts the public interest....

Currently, six of the branch’s 11 positions remain vacant, and we found that the branch’s two remaining inspectors can only perform eight of the branch’s 15 key regulatory functions....