High-Risk Update
High-Risk Update

Author: Elaine M. Howle

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 1437918751

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A follow up on the identification of the State¿s implementation of the Recovery Act as a high-risk issue area. Although some depts. have exhibited more progress than others, none of the four depts. assessed ¿ Education, Health Care Services, Employment Development, and Social Services ¿ are fully prepared to administer Recovery Act funding. Rep. from each of the 4 depts. generally stated that they intend to rely on internal controls already in place for existing fed. programs to administer Recovery Act funding. However, 30 internal control weaknesses were found related to certain compliance requirements and fed. programs for which the four depts. assessed expect to receive Recovery Act funds in FY 2008¿09 and 2009¿10. Illustrations.

High Risk
High Risk

Author: Elaine M. Howle

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-06

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1437918727

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Three issues have been added to the high-risk list: (1) The budget. The State has experienced ongoing deficits that greatly outweigh any surpluses, and much of the implemented solutions have only pushed the problem into the future; (2) The admin. of the $85.4 billion the State expects to receive under the Amer. Recovery and Reinvest. Act of 2009. Certain state agencies¿ internal controls over their admin.of fed. programs have had problems; (3) The production and delivery of electricity. The State is at risk of failing to meet targets to increase the use of renewable electricity sources, and new power plant construction may be offset by the need to replace environmentally harmful and aging plants in the near future. Illustrations.

California Energy Resource Conservation and Development Committee Is Not Prepared to Award and Monitor Recovery Act Funds and Lacks Control to Prevent Their Misuse
California Energy Resource Conservation and Development Committee Is Not Prepared to Award and Monitor Recovery Act Funds and Lacks Control to Prevent Their Misuse

Author: Elaine M. Howle

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011-05

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 1437928358

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Concerns the preparedness of the Calif. Energy Resources Conservation and Dev¿t. Comm. (EC) to receive and administer fed. Recovery Act funds awarded by the Dept. of Energy (DoE) for its State Energy Program. This review found that as of Nov. 16, 2009, the EC had entered into contracts totaling only $40 million despite having had access to $113 million of the $226 million in Recovery Act funds it has been awarded. As a result, few Recovery Act dollars have been spent. The State is at risk of either having the funds redirected by the DoE or awarding them in a compressed period of time without first establishing an adequate system of internal controls. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.