PA Auditor General Believes State Can't Properly Manage Stimulus Money

04.21.09 | FL News Team

Auditor General says state government may not be open and accountable enough as it handles federal stimulus money. Auditor General Jack Wagner's letter to a U.S. Government Accountability Office administrator warned that information about how stimulus funds are spent will be unreliable without oversight from an independent audit agency.

Wagner listed Medicaid, low-income heating aid and weatherization assistance as examples of federally funded programs administered by the state that have "significant internal control weaknesses." Chuck Ardo, a spokesman for Gov. Ed Rendell, said the administration was unhappy that Wagner aired his criticism in public instead of contacting the governor's office.