Governor asks Auditor for education program audit
Governor Phil Bryant has asked State Auditor Shad White to conduct an audit. The audit covers child-based programs within state departments and agencies that receive...
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State Auditor releases report findings on the Mississippi Department of Education audit
by Sarah Ulmer
State Auditor Stacey Pickering’s office released the Limited Internal Control and Compliance Review Management Report findings for the Mississippi Department of Education Fiscal Year 2015....
Mississippi Medicaid claims $8.6M through audit
For fiscal year 2017, the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) recovered in excess of $8.6 million through various audits of medical claims paid to health-care...
Three potential charter schools remain after board meeting
Nine potential charter schools appealed to the Mississippi Charter Authorization Board this year in hopes of opening a school in the state. There are now...
State education department in hot water over bad accounting
by Jared Bounds
According to two external audits of the Mississippi Department of Education, accounting errors lead to mismanagement of funds and, subsequently, the chopping of many after-school...
MEMA responds to recommended funding hal from OIG
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss.- Director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, Lee Smithson has released a letter in response to the recent negativity surrounding the Office of...
Your Tax Money Misspent: State Auditor Releases Annual Report, Millions Recovered
by kim
PHOTO: Pickering with the annual exceptions report in hand at the Neshoba County Fair Wednesday. JACKSON, Miss.–There was over $1.2 million recovered by the state...
House Bill to Keep Crooks From Retiring With Your Tax Dollars
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss– If a public worker gets caught stealing taxpayer money, that worker can get convicted, sent to jail, and forced to pay the money...
School Audits: Your Child’s School May Not Be in Compliance
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–Your child’s school is likely not in compliance with at least one or two points of the law. School audits this year covered about...