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Auditor General DeFoor Releases Cyber Charter School Performance Audit and Calls for Major Reform to How They are Funded
(February 20, 2025) We released this collective audit of five Pennsylvania cyber charter schools and emphasized the need for a comprehensive re-evaluation of the formula used to fund these schools to ensure it is fair and equitable to all stakeholders.
Read The Audit Access Summaries, FAQs, and MoreAuditor General DeFoor: DCNR Ignored its Internal Policies and Procedures When Awarding Grants for Conservation Projects
(February 13, 2025) We released an audit of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) that showed it did not award all Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) grants competitively, instead using its own discretion when awarding some grants despite advertising it as a competitive process.
Read The Audit Access Summaries, FAQs, and MoreLack of Oversight by DHS and Spread Pricing by PBMs Cost PA Taxpayers $7 Million in 2022
(August 28, 2024) We released a performance audit that showed Pennsylvania taxpayers paid $7 million more for Medicaid prescription drug benefits than they should have during 2022 because of lack of oversight by the Department of Human Services and spread pricing by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Our auditors found evidence of spread pricing, inadequate monitoring by DHS and overcharging of taxpayers by PBMs, resulting in a loss of $7 million in taxpayer money in just 2022 alone. PBMs are counting on the fact that no one is checking their reporting so they can get paid a higher rate and still collect a fee from the pharmacy. We made recommendations to ensure more accountability and process improvements, but what really needs to happen here are changes in the law.
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Education Session Held for Volunteer Fire Relief Associations in Allegheny County
We partnered with State Sen. Devlin Robinson on an information session for Volunteer Fire Relief Associations (VFRAs) in Allegheny County to help them effectively and efficiently manage the state funds they receive. Every VFRA in attendance left with a copy of the department’s Management Guidelines for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations. This is the second education event the Auditor General hosted; the first one was in Bucks County in partnership with State Sen. Frank Farry.
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Lower Swatara Township Recognized for Having Well-Funded Municipal Pension Plans
We recently recognized Lower Swatara Township for having well-funded municipal pension plans, which ensures their employees have the benefits they deserve and lightens the financial burden on taxpaying citizens in the community. In the most recent audit of the Lower Swatara Township’s Non-Uniformed Pension Plan and the Lower Swatara’s Police Pension Plan, auditors found that the township’s pension plans are well-funded, comply with all laws and regulations, and that they have corrected any prior findings from previous audits.
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Our Audits
Department of the Auditor General audits confirm the accuracy of information reported to the state. Our audits identify ways to improve how government programs operate, and ensure money is being spent the way it’s supposed to be.
We conduct four types of audits:
- Attestation Engagements: Provide users of financial or nonfinancial information with assurance to the reliability of the related subject matter or assertion, which includes examinations, reviews, or agreed-upon procedures (compliance) audits
- Compliance Audits: which determine whether auditees are complying with law.
- Financial Audits: Help ensure the reliability of financial information on which much of the state government operates.
- Performance Audits: Gauge whether or not government programs and activities are meeting stated goals and objectives, and if tax dollars are being spent efficiently and effectively.
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Our growing team of around 300 auditors work in the Bureau of County Audits, Bureau of Fire Relief Audits, Bureau of Information Technology (IT) Audits, Bureau of Municipal Pension & Liquor Control Audits, Bureau of Performance Audits, and the Bureau of State & Federal Audits.
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