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Audit: Denver’s public safety agency left nearly $400,000 in co-responder funds unspent
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The Denver Police Department and Department of Public Safety failed to spend nearly $400,000 that was awarded to the city to fund the co-responder police program. An audit released Thursday found $383,000 of grant funds from the Caring for Denver Foundation unused, granted to the city to pay for its co-responder program, which sends licensed…
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Q&A With Timothy O’Brien | Auditing, dentistry and Einstein’s theory of insanity
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Timothy O’Brien, who has served Denver Auditor since 2015, stands out from his predecessors because he is a certified accountant, a chartered financial analyst and a chartered global management accountant. He also served as the Colorado state auditor for nearly dozen years. That innate knowledge of accounting and experience come handy, he told Colorado Politics. …
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Audit finds compliance issues when Colorado spent $26 billion in federal funds in FY2021
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After reviewing the $26.2 billion in federal fund Colorado spent in the 2021 fiscal year, state auditors have uncovered 81 compliance issues and roughly $364,000 in total “questioned costs.” The majority of issues arose out of deficiencies in internal controls, which the Colorado Office of the State Auditor regards as the “least serious level of…
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State Supreme Court dismisses Adams County treasurer’s appeal in lawsuit with county board
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The Colorado Supreme Court has declined to weigh in on the Adams County treasurer’s attempt to prevent the county attorney’s office from representing the board of county commissioners in its legal fight with the treasurer. Lisa Culpepper, elected as a Democrat in 2018, is defending against allegations that she has failed to properly keep track…
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Legislative panel rejects request for audit of state health agency’s COVID-19 testing contracts
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An audit request from Sen. Rob Woodward, R-Loveland, for two contracts between the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and two labs handling COVID-19 testing was turned down on a 4-4 tie by the Legislative Audit Committee. The committee is half Democrat, half Republican, hence the potential for a tie vote. The panel killed the…
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Denver City Council audit delayed over disagreement with Auditor’s Office
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A planned audit of the Denver City Council has been delayed by a conflict between the council and the Auditor’s Office over whether the council can have an observer present during the auditor’s interviews of staff members. Auditor Tim O’Brien announced the delay Tuesday, saying he refuses to conduct the staff interviews with senior staff members…
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Audit says state has done little to recover $73 million paid out in fraudulent unemployment claims
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The Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) may have paid out $73.1 million in potentially fraudulent claims during the first 14 months of the pandemic and has done little to resolve those fraudulent claims, including recovering the money, an audit released Monday said. But the department’s lack of effective processes also meant that the majority…
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Audit finds slow pace for state tech consolidation
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A new state review shows the wheels of Colorado government turn slowly even on the information superhighway. Ten years ago, the legislature passed a law to combine state’s technology under one entity, the Governor’s Office of Information Technology (OIT), to make it safer, cheaper and more efficient. And most of the state’s operations have been moved…
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Hundreds of Denver assets could be missing due to inaccurate books, audit finds
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Denver could have misplaced hundreds of assets like equipment due to poor record-keeping, a new report by the city auditor found. Of 124 assets listed in the city’s books, Denver City Auditor Timothy O’Brien’s office couldn’t find 15 items during an audit. And based on sampling methodology used during the audit, between 670 and 1,590…
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If the Colorado Film Office was playing fast and loose, just imagine …
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… what other state agencies might have a similarly freewheeling approach with the public’s checkbook. So surmises conservative blog Colorado Peak Politics. ColoradoPolitics.com’s Peter Marcus reported earlier this week on a state audit that found none of the $1.9 million in incentives awarded to film projects shot in Colorado had met all the criteria for…
