Sentences with phrase «audit office found»

The Australian National Audit Office found when it audited the respondent funding scheme in the 2006 ‑ 2007 year16 (under the old guidelines), there was a concerning lack of data about how the scheme is being administered and a resulting lack of analysis on its effectiveness and necessity.

The National Audit Office found that 57,500 of 113,500 new places in mainstream free schools opening between 2015 and 2021 will create «spare capacity» in the immediate areas of some of the institutions.

The Government is still throwing money at the academy initiative when the National Audit Office found informal interventions such as local support were better than academy conversion.

«In its 2012 report Improving Student Attendance, the Queensland Audit Office found students with attendance rates of 85 per cent or less [due to unexplained reasons] are: four times more likely to be suspended or excluded; 1.5 times more likely to not finish Year 10; and 3.5 times more likely to not obtain an Overall Position (OP) 1 - 15.

The National Audit Office found there had been «early setbacks» and the project had been «over-ambitious» and provided poor value for money.

The National Audit Office found the universal credit project had been badly managed and provided poor value.

In September, the National Audit Office found flaws in the handling of the department's # 2.4 billion flagship welfare programme, Universal Credit.

In its analysis of Children's Centres» progress as of September 2005, the National Audit Office found that most families who used them were happy with the quality of services provided, valuing their role as one - stop - shop providers of advice and social networks.

Not exact matches

A 2013 Government Accountability Office audit in found a litany of problems with the recovery efforts spearheaded by the Clinton Foundation.

«All of the revelations so far have been founded on Saher's original audit, but that report was arbitrarily limited to the former Premier's office.

A National Audit Office report published in November 2007 found ten senior Qinetiq managers received shares worth # 107 million from an investment of just over # 500,000 - a profit exceeding the incentivisation benefits such returns would bring.

In the crush to send out more than 2.8 million checks to homeowners for property tax relief, the state Department of Taxation and Finance nearly dished out $ 5.8 million in rebates in error, an audit by the state comptroller's office found.

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has today welcomed the findings of an investigation into spiralling clinical negligence costs carried out by the National Audit Office (NAO).

A recent audit by the New York City comptroller's office surveyed 65 elevators and escalators over an 18 - month period, and found that the MTA did not perform all scheduled preventive maintenance on nearly 80 percent of the sampled escalators and elevators.

Three years ago, an audit by the New York City comptroller's office found that because of «grossly inaccurate» record - keeping, the city's Education Department could not account for 1,817 computers it owned.

POUGHKEEPSIE — An audit of the City of Poughkeepsie's books by the state comptroller's office has found that inaccurate budgeting has created an $ 11 million general fund deficit.

Research by the National Audit Office (NAO) finds while increasing take - up of pensions credit by ten per cent would lift up to 107,000 people out of poverty, doing the same for housing and council tax benefits would improve the lives of 130,000 people.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last week found in an audit the state should return the spending earmarked for the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities that had been sent in 2011.

A large part of the electricity gap should be met by energy saving measures: the National Audit Office recently found that efficiency schemes cost 1.8 pence to save a kilowatt hour of electricity, cheaper than all known means of generating electricity.

An review conducted by the state Comptroller's Office has found that the Corinth town supervisor and board approved 31 payments totally $ 47,300 that were not properly audited before they were paid.

«Audit Finds Dozens of Inactive ESDC Subsidiaries,» Press Release, Office of the New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi, 05/15/06

The report, conducted by the office of State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, found that 10 of the 30 organizations were operating without required contracts, more than half had not been audited by SUNY since 2007 and the two largest — the University at Buffalo Foundation and the Stony Brook Foundation — had not established required policies and procedures for key business functions.

And, the sources note, an audit from the office of state Controller Thomas DiNapoli found that Boyland billed the state for $ 67,497 in daily travel expenses to which he was not entitled.

An audit by the Office of the State Comptroller found additional guidance and training is needed for the field, particularly in the area of identifying, documenting, investigating, and reporting DASA incidents.

The state's $ 211 million advertising campaign to promote economic development programs and attract businesses to the state has not produced any «tangible results» in terms of generating new jobs and business for the state, an audit from Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office found.

NYC's Administration for Children's Services failed miserably in implementing recommendations made in a 2015 audit that found kids are being put at risk by the agency's renewal of contracts with poorly performing vendors, the state Comptroller's Office said.

A new audit from state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office has found that more than 65 homeless shelters statewide are in poor condition, including eight in the greater Capital Region.

In a response to an audit of the state's «Preferred Source» contracting program, the not - for - profit New York State Industries for the Disabled accuses state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office of serving up «many inaccurate and incomplete findings» that failed to present a full picture of its work.

The fiscally troubled state Olympic Regional Development Authority relies on loans and outside contributions to cover its expenses, including payroll, an audit by the state comptroller's office found.

In 2006/07 it took 42 per cent longer to deal with cases than in 1998/99, while the cost of dealing with each claim rose by 54 per cent over the same period, a National Audit Office (NAO) report finds.

Government - led initiatives to revive deprived areas have been «high risk» and achieved mixed results, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

We suggested the National Audit Office look at the figures in 2012 and they found that only about six per cent of government spending was directed at early action.

An audit from state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office finds that New York education officials are falling behind in implementing a new state law aimed at combating sexual violence on college campuses.

NHS consultants are offering poor value for money, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found, with pay awards not matched by improved patient care.

Today's figures confirm a new report from the National Audit Office (NAO), which finds that in a sample of 115 young people and adults given Asbos, more than half (55 per cent) breached the conditions of their order.

An audit by City Controller Scott Stringer found that 1,817 computers that were supposed to be at eight schools and one Department of Education office could not be found.

During his radio show on Tuesday, Mayor Noam Bramson commented publicly for the first time on the findings of the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) Audit of the New Rochelle Industrial Development Agency, first reported by Talk of the Sound.

Speaking on the audit findings on Newsfile, Mr Kwakye said Mrs Attionu has «has been to EOCO (Economic and Organised Crimes Office) over a dozen times and has fully cooperated with the investigations that EOCO is conducting.»

The bombshell audit by state Controller Thomas DiNapoli found the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance's failures resulted in a «range of substandard living conditions, the most egregious of which pose obvious and dangerous risks to shelter residents» health and safety.»

DiNapoli's audit found the MTA routinely spends more than $ 25 million a year on rent without assessing whether some of its vacant properties can meet its office space needs.

ALBANY — A new audit from state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office has found that more than 65 homeless shelters statewide are in poor condition, including eight in the greater Capital Region.

In an audit of 924 procurements across several SUNY campuses between April 1, 2012 through September 3, 2014, the Office of the State Comptroller found that some campuses needed to be more compliant with those guidelines, and suggested some improvements.

A State Comptroller's Office audit has found improper transfers, erroneous adjustments and a failure to keep complete financial records in the Town of North Collins.

Network Rail faces severe criticism after a National Audit Office (NAO) report found there were 14 million minutes of delay to rail journeys in 2006/07.

In light of the recent announcement by DiNapoli and AG Eric Schneiderman that they will be teaming up to fight public corruption, it's a fair assumption any findings from the SUNY Foundation audit would be referred to the AG's office.

The National Audit Office (NAO) recently reviewed the performance of the work routes under the points based immigration system and its report, whilst finding that the system was designed well, highlighted a number of deficiencies stemming from «poor programme management in the initial stages».

A new audit from the office of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found «significant deficiencies» in the «transformation» of information technology services at state agencies — a process that is now in its fourth year and remains ongoing.

The agency that runs the state's Excelsior Jobs tax credit program often failed to check on companies» eligibility before they joined the program and did not follow up on whether the companies had met their investment and job creation goals before awarding them tax credits, the state Comptroller's Office found in a critical audit.

An audit released last month by the comptroller's office found that, despite a system - wide requirement, as of last summer, 10 of these foundations were operating without contracts with their respective campuses, including the University at Buffalo Foundation.

A highly placed county source told Investigative Post that the staff of Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael Flaherty has been meeting with the comptroller's office to review its audit findings.