"Review blasts auditor’s office; Bump dismisses 27 employees, demotes 12 others" May 06, 2011|By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff
The state auditor’s office, charged with ensuring that government does not waste taxpayer dollars or stray from its mission, fell woefully short of its own professional standards, with improperly trained and inadequately educated staff who failed to warn other agencies of fraud risk, according to an independent review released yesterday.
The findings, which covered the final 18 months of Auditor A. Joseph DeNucci’s administration, prompted the current auditor, Suzanne M. Bump, to fire 27 employees and demote 12 yesterday as she promised to revamp the office.
The review from the National State Auditors Association faulted the office for failing to comply with professional government standards on audit planning, staff competence, documentation, and reporting. Bump said one member of her transition team had never previously seen an adverse review from the association, which conducts peer evaluations of government auditors, in more than 40 years of auditing experience.
The release of the report also casts a shadow over the career of DeNucci, a revered figure among state Democrats who endorsed Bump before he retired in January after 24 years in the elected job.....
Looks like his image just got bumped down.
DeNucci lashed out at his successor. He also said that Bump, a fellow Democrat, would not have won the election without his endorsement....
I just love megalomaniacs, don't you?
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Related: Globe Editorial New auditor deserves support in mopping up DeNucci’s mess
What mess could they possibly mean?
See: ‘One of the last of the good guys’
DeNucci Throws in the Towel
The Globe must think we are not looking at the books.
:-(
