Audit

Date: May 20, 2004

Audit

Date: May 20, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Skeptical
"Shelby and his supporters keep claiming that he has saved the university $1M-3M. Of course, that is all easy enough to say.There should be an audit by an independent outside agency in order to ascertain exactly how much money Dr. Thames has indeed saved the university. "

Does Mississippi have a state comptrollers office, or something comparable? I ask because there is such an office in Texas, with a big staff of auditors who's mission it is to root out fiscal corruption in state agencies, including the university system. The Comptroller herself is a shameless self promoter, and it takes almost nothing to trigger an audit, if she thinks it'll result in favorable headlines--for her. Just a thought...

AE

Date: May 20, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Austin Eagle
"Does Mississippi have a state comptrollers office, or something comparable?"

Look here. Expect no great shakes.

BTW, the USM internal auditing staff were largely hired from the state auditor's office when Bryant came in. There are some good people in that office at USM, but I think they've been hammered down quite a bit.