State Auditor Beth Wood told legislators that state agencies need better oversight of vendor contracts.
Citing three recent audits involving the state Department of Health and Human Services, the state health plan, and and office supply purchases that revealed poor monitoring and other deficiences, Wood said contracts the state signs should be reviewed by a "cold eye," Lynn Bonner reports
The auditor's office cannot make agencies change the way they do business, Wood said, but she suggested legislators consider some action that would prevent mistakes that lead to waste.
The legislature's Program Evaluation Oversight Committee has invited Wood to make regular reports on audit findings.
"We want to make sure audit reports don't just sit on the shelf," said Sen. Dan Clodfelter, a Charlotte Democrat.
If the program evaluation staff finds patterns of problems identified in state audits, Wood will be invited to the committee to talk about them, said evaluation division director John Turcotte.
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A Cold Fish
Is what we have in the Auditor's office. Beth Wood takes her marching orders from Rand and Basnight. She ain't doin' nuthin' they don't tell her to.
Never thought I'd pine for the return of Ralph Campbell like I'm doing these days.