Of the 200 state agencies that must be audited every three years, WBUR discovered the Auditor's Office hadn’t examined nearly half of them by that deadline.
, which would clarify whether she has the power to audit the Massachusetts Legislature. But the office is already far behind with its mandated audits, a WBUR review has found.
Her predecessor, Suzanne Bump, averaged around 60 during the last two terms of her office. She, too, didn’t meet the three-year mandate for several agencies.Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio at WBUR. . It would clarify whether she has the authority to audit the legislature. Opponents of the measure say the audits envisioned under the question would violate the separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches of state government.
WBUR’s analysis of published audits also found a backlog of 37 agencies which haven't been checked in five or more years. Of those, more than half had previous audits that included"adverse findings," such as waste or administrative shortfalls.of the State Office for Pharmacy Services, for example, found as much as $10 million had been wasted because of inefficient systems and discovered a potential conflict of interest involving its executive director.
Karissa Hand, a spokesperson for Gov. Maura Healey, said the administration is working with DiZoglio to ensure “full cooperation and transparency” from state agencies. Hand didn’t address why some of the agencies had never been audited.
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