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LANSING — A new audit faults the state of Michigan's purchasing agency for a lack of financial controls in the way it spent tens of millions of dollars to purchase personal protective equipment and other supplies to fight the coronavirus pandemic.The Department of Technology, Management and Budget allowed state employees to share state credit cards and wired tens of millions of dollars to suppliers before the requested goods were received, Auditor General Doug Ringler said in a report

Audit finds Michigan needs better financial control over PPE, COVID-19 purchases Updated Jan 26, 2021; Posted Jan 26, 2021 Michelle Moore poses for a portrait in full PPE at the "rolling" drive-thru COVID-19 testing lab at Comstock High School in Comstock Township, Michigan on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (Kendall Warner | MLive.com)Kendall Warner | MLive.com Facebook Share LANSING, MI - The state agency in charge of purchasing personal protective equipment and other COVID-19 prevention supplies lacked control over millions of dollars in expenditures, according to a new state audit. While the over...

LANSING – A new audit faults the state of Michigan's purchasing agency for a lack of financial controls in the way it spent tens of millions of dollars to purchase personal protective equipment and other supplies to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The Department of Technology, Management and Budget allowed state employees to share state credit cards and wired tens of millions of dollars to suppliers before the requested goods were received, Auditor General Doug Ringler said in a report released Tuesday. “DTMB did not have comprehensive emergency procurement policies and procedures in...

Michigan agency exposed state to "increased risk of fraud" over PPE purchases, auditor claims By Jack Nissen LANSING, Mich. - Michigan's Auditor General had some harsh criticisms for the technology, management, and budget office in its latest report, arguing the department put the state at increased risk for fraud and waste due to policies adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a review of practices by the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB), Auditor General Doug Ringler said he couldn't verify if some of the purchases for personal protective equipment had been successf...

Audit criticizes state's deployment of COVID-19 funds, targets shared P-cards, advance payments     Beth LeBlanc,   FacebookTwitterEmail (TNS) A state auditor raised concern Tuesday about the state's use of procurement cards for pandemic-related purchases as well as the lack of emergency procurement policies that were in place ahead of the pandemic. Contrary to best practice, some procurement cards were shared among employees, the state did not have proof of the receipt of all goods purchased with the cards and some payments were made before the actual product or service was in hand, acco...