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Auditor’s Quarterly Report Identifies $1.4 Million of Fraud in Public Assistance Programs

5/02/2013 Office of the State Auditor

Bump's staff identify 205 cases of individuals abusing public benefit programs.

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Audit: MassHealth Paid for $9 Million in Unallowable and Excessive Drug Tests

4/23/2013 Office of the State Auditor

Audit found MassHealth members being tested at a high frequency.

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Audit Calls for Improved Accounting Practices at South Shore Educational Collaborative

4/09/2013 Office of the State Auditor

Audit found poor accounting practices that violate state guidelines.

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Audit: State Improperly Administered Payments to Human Service Vendors

4/04/2013 Office of the State Auditor

Audit found agency improperly distributed millions of reserve funds designated for specific human services.

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Auditor Bump Calls For Safety Reforms at State Child Care Agency

3/27/2013 Office of the State Auditor

Audit found 119 instances where the address listed for Level 2 or Level 3 sex offenders in the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry matched that of an EEC licensed child care provider.

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Remarks of State Auditor Suzanne Bump Before The Joint Committee on Revenue Hearing - March 26, 2013

3/26/2013 Office of the State Auditor

Auditor Bump's testimony in support of House 7, An Act Relative to Tax Expenditure Information.

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Auditor Bump Makes Case for Tax Break Oversight

3/26/2013 Office of the State Auditor

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Audit Finds Former Winchester Housing Chief Working Two Jobs At Once

3/19/2013 Office of the State Auditor

Audit found payroll records that showed improprieties.

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Auditor Bump Becomes President of the Association of Government Accountants’ Boston Chapter

3/14/2013 Office of the State Auditor

AGA Boston serves professionals in the government financial management community.

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Auditor Bump ID’s $1.3 million in Questionable Medicaid Dental Claims

3/12/2013 Office of the State Auditor

Audit found improper billing by dentists.

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Audit Calls for Greater Controls on State Construction Costs

3/06/2013 Office of the State Auditor

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Auditor Calls for Improvements at Worcester and Bristol County DA Offices

2/15/2013 Office of the State Auditor

Audits examine how offices track and spend confiscated and forfeited funds.

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New Unfunded Mandate Creates Cost Burden for Local School Districts

1/31/2013 Office of the State Auditor

Declares education for expelled or suspended students a state obligation.

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Audit Recommendations Create Quarter Million in Annual State Savings

1/22/2013 Office of the State Auditor

First quarter post-audit accountability reports show how audits create actual results.

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State Auditor’s Office Identifies Over $1.3 Million In Public Assistance Fraud

1/18/2013 Office of the State Auditor

Examiners completed 1,769 investigations in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013.