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Joint Audit Committee

May 28, 2025

UMGC to pull in outside tech team after audit found waste, lack of oversight

UMGC plans to reintegrate staff from its spinoff AccelerEd after an audit revealed lack of oversight and millions in wasted taxpayer funds.

Aug 27, 2024

Audit shows millions lost, little oversight between UMGC and school-backed entities

Legislators may reconsider allowing universities to create and partially fund “businesses entities” meant to benefit the state after one institution cost taxpayers millions because of an abandoned project.

Health Secretary Laura Herrera Scott, who assumed the role in March, wrote to state auditors that the department was “concerned about the severity” of the audit findings. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
Oct 24, 2023

Audit: Mismanagement at health department could cost Maryland $1.4B

Maryland could be on the hook for as much as $1.4 billion because of years of accounting errors at the state Department of Health, according to an audit.

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Jul 27, 2023

Audit hits Md. agency for not tracking correctional workers OT hours

Maryland’s correctional employees have worked more overtime than what is allowed under state policies, a recent audit shows.

Oct 17, 2012

Lawmakers debate repeat audit offenders

ANNAPOLIS — Tired of auditors finding the same problems in state agencies over and over again, legislators on the Joint Audit Committee are kicking around proposals that would put some […]

Sep 30, 2012

Audit shows DLLR overpaid jobless benefits

The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s Division of Unemployment Insurance overpaid millions in benefits to people who were actually working and shelled out unemployment benefits to people who […]

May 23, 2012

New state audit faults county social service agencies

ANNAPOLIS — County social service agencies don’t do a good job of tracking foster children, leave federal funding on the table, have missing files on welfare checks and grant food […]

Sep 12, 2011

Audit faults Maryland child support program

The agency responsible for operating Maryland‘s child support program has been lacking in its collection efforts, according to a report published Monday by the Office of Legislative Audits. The state […]

Feb 22, 2011

Public Defender audit finds flaws

The Maryland Office of the Public Defender must fine-tune its procedures for determining who is eligible for its services and improve its bookkeeping and fee collection practices, according to a […]

Nov 9, 2010

State prison officials say changes are being made

ANNAPOLIS — State prison officials on Tuesday told legislators reviewing a very negative audit of their Baltimore Region financial operations that personnel problems helped cause large gaps in financial accountability, […]