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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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Auditor Bump Makes Case for Tax Break Oversight 

3/26/2013 Office of the State Auditor

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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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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.

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Massachusetts International Trade Council Audit Reveals Issues With Over $150K in Personnel-Related Costs 

1/03/2013 Office of the State Auditor

State Auditor Suzanne Bump today announced an audit of the Massachusetts International Trade Council, Inc. (MITCI) which revealed $152,026 in inadequately documented, duplicate, or improperly authorized personnel payments.

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Auditor Bump Highlights Improvements at Framingham State University 

12/20/2012 Office of the State Auditor

State Auditor Suzanne Bump announced today an audit of Framingham State University (FSU) which found the school has improved enrollment procedures for its student health plan.

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Auditor Bump Finds Mixed Results at Office of the Jury Commissioner 

11/26/2012 Office of the State Auditor

State Auditor Suzanne Bump reported today that an audit of the Office of the Jury Commissioner (OJC) found both improvements and a few outstanding concerns.

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Audit Finds Over $500K in Questionable and Unallowable Costs at Freetown Nonprofit 

11/20/2012 Office of the State Auditor

Report cites questionable related-party transactions and unnecessary employee compensation at Crystal Springs.