ELAINE M. HOWLE, CPAOutside of a very few people at the very top, I am not sure that any state employees should be reimbursed for out-of-state travel. Most trade missions are a fat waste of money. Politicians are just taking advantage of these junkets to travel and get away from the spouse. I can understand why law enforcement may require occasional travel. But the guy in question worked in IT. Maybe he never heard of WebEx.
State Auditor
Date: December 3, 2009
Legal Counsel: Steven Benito Russo, JD, Chief of Investigations
Investigative Staff: Russ Hayden, CGFM, Manager of Investigations
Siu‑Henh Canimo, CFE
Beka Clement, MPA
Richard Fry, MPA
Justin McDaid, CFE
For questions regarding the contents of this report, please contact
Margarita Fernández, Chief of Public Affairs, at 916.445.0255.
By the way, CSU disagrees with their findings.
The university disagreed with our finding that the official's travel appeared to offer few tangible benefits or advantages to the university. The university broadly asserted that the official's trips and associated activities were part of an effort to protect, maintain, and enhance the university's investment in software.As you write those fat checks to send your kids through college, keep CSU in mind. It's happening everywhere.
2 comments:
I once had to take a trip to Alabama to meet with the client and take some measurements in their plant. I turned in my expense report when I got back and was denied reimbursement for a McDonald's meal I had eaten at the airport. It was less then $4. That's how it works when it's not other people's money your spending and you can't just raise taxes when you spend too much.
At last an IT person makes good. They should just be glad he didn't rewrite their peoplesoft code to mail him weekly checks.
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