Construction and renovations combined originally were priced at $87 million. Final cost: $116.7 million.
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Auditors: CT continues to pay millions of $ in pension benefits above legal limits
Connecticut continues to pay millions of dollars annually in pension benefits beyond federal and contractual limits, state auditors reported Monday.
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Auditors fault DECD’s handling of loans and grants
A new audit faults DECD for its administration of millions in grants and loans under Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
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State auditors find uncashed checks at Department Of Agriculture
Financial auditors Wednesday cited the state Department of Agriculture for a “serious breakdown” in its accounting procedures. It’s a breakdown that included numerous uncashed checks that were left in a safe in a store room in Hartford.
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A unanimous House votes for oversight bill vetoed last year
Connecticut’s legislators acted Wednesday for the second time in two years to require independent oversight of the millions of dollars in grants, loans, tax credits and other economic incentives extended to business, often a political flashpoint as states compete to attract and keep jobs.
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Rob Kane confirmed as Republican state auditor
The General Assembly voted Wednesday to approve the appointment of former Sen. Rob Kane of Watertown as the Republican auditor of public accounts, a legislative patronage post that oversees a staff of more than 100 professional auditors.
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Nominations committee backs Rob Kane as auditor
The legislature’s Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee voted Thursday to recommend that the full General Assembly confirm former Sen. Rob Kane of Watertown as the Republican auditor of public accounts, a legislative patronage post that oversees a staff of more than 100 professional auditors.
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Retiring watchdog Robert Ward lauded for 31 years serving CT
When state Auditor Robert M. Ward wrapped up work Friday, he ended a 31-year career in public service. And to those who know Ward well — on both sides of the political aisle — the betting was that Saturday was the first time Ward wasn’t focused instinctively on the job at hand.
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Auditors: UConn Health paid $192,500 to resigning CEO
UConn Health paid $192,500 to the former John Dempsey Hospital CEO who chose to resign because of a pending reorganization – a waste of resources, state auditors wrote in a report released Wednesday.
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UConn, auditors clash over responsibility for financing plan
The controversial financing of a $200 million outpatient facility at the University of Connecticut Health Center is the center of a dispute between the state auditors and the university.
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State, unions agree on more lenient disability-pension standard
A new agreement that restores a more lenient standard for awarding state disability pensions will take effect immediately and won’t be presented to the General Assembly for consideration in 2016, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration confirmed Thursday.
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Auditors criticize UConn’s award of $93K in bonuses without criteria
The University of Connecticut doled out more than $93,000 in one-time performance bonuses to six employees to recognize their work implementing a new financial reporting system, the state auditors reported Wednesday.
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Auditors: UConn ‘burdened’ CT with $77M in ‘unnecessary interest costs’
The University of Connecticut burdened the state with an estimated $77 million in “unnecessary interest costs” when it secured financing 19 months ago for a new ambulatory services center in at the UConn Health Center in Farmington, the state auditors of public accounts reported Wednesday.
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Malloy administration says it’s negotiating to fix disability pay controversy
A representative of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration told state retirement officials Thursday that the administration is negotiating with employee unions and hopes to soon resolve a controversy involving millions of dollars in disability benefit payments.
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Auditors: State fails to safeguard millions in disability benefits
The state auditors issued a special report Wednesday disclosing a major breakdown in safeguards in the comptroller’s office that could have led to the improper payment of millions of dollars in disability retirement benefits.