Legislative Auditor raises issues with financial controls at LCTCS
The Louisiana Community and Technical College System did not have adequate controls to ensure the annual financial report was accurately prepared, causing $88.7 million to be misclassified as unrestricted rather than restricted, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor says.
Delgado Community College’s direct lending receipts and disbursements of $52.9 million were omitted on cash flow statements, the LLA also reports, adding that the system failed to notify the auditor’s office and the parish district attorney of suspected misappropriations of assets as required by law.
LCTCS agreed with the two misclassification assessments but said they were minor oversights that did not affect the total net position or cash flow reported. A system official said the potential misappropriation was not immediately reported because of insufficient information but added that in the future, suspected misuse of assets will be referred wi
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State Auditor: Review of COVID data reporting procedures reveals several concerns
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State Auditor: Review of Office of Public Health s COVID data reporting procedures reveals several concerns
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BATON ROUGE - A recent audit of the Louisiana Department of Health Office of Public Health (OPH) revealed a lack of procedural efficiency that may impact its reporting of COVID data statistics.
According to the Louisiana Legislative Auditor s Office, auditors who examined the reliability of the data reported on the OPH’s COVID-19 Dashboard found that while the organization has processes in place to ensure data on the number of positive cases and deaths are not over-reported on the dashboard, it does not have a process to make sure the laboratories handling COVID-19 testing submit complete results or submit test results in a timely manner.