HARRISBURG, Pa., July 27, 2010 - Auditor General Jack Wagner sent a letter yesterday to John Estey, the chairman of the Delaware River Port Authority, calling for ten categories of reforms to be instituted at the authority in light of revelations of management and fiscal improprieties at the authority over the past several weeks.
HARRISBURG, Pa., July 23, 2010 - Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that the Department of the Auditor General will conduct a special performance audit of the State Tax Equalization Board.
HARRISBURG, Pa., July 22, 2010 - Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that, with 60 percent of Pennsylvanians due to have their electricity rates uncapped at the end of this year, the Public Utility Commission, state government and electric utilities should do more to educate consumers about electricity rate increases resulting from the rate-cap expiration.
HARRISBURG, (July 15, 2010) – Auditor General Jack Wagner today announced the fall schedule for free workshops offered to officers and members of volunteer fire departments across the commonwealth, providing operational guidelines for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations.
HARRISBURG, Pa., July 8, 2010 – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that the Department of Public Welfare did not spend federal stimulus money to help low-income families needing child care assistance even though a large number of families were waiting for the services.
HARRISBURG (July 7, 2010) – Auditor General Jack Wagner today thanked Pennsylvania volunteer firefighters for helping to keep their communities safe from disaster and for making the 2010 spring Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Association workshops successful.
HARRISBURG, Pa., July 6, 2010 – Auditor General Jack Wagner’s 24th annual Sharing & Caring golf tournament, which benefits disabled military veterans, will be held July 12 at Edgewood Country Club.
HARRISBURG, PA., June 23, 2010 – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that seven board members and a school principal at the Mid Valley School District in Lackawanna County attended a National School Board Association conference in 2008 in Orlando, Fla., without approving the trip at a public meeting, and rang up $36,478 in undocumented or excessive expenditures paid by taxpayers.
Auditor General Jack Wagner being interviewed by FOX 43 after the Megan's Law press conference.
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 22, 2010 – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that the state’s Megan’s Law website has improved in recent years but it still has significant problems with accuracy and usefulness.
HARRISBURG, June 17, 2010 -- Auditor General Jack Wagner today praised Gov. Ed Rendell's decision to name Adjutant General Jessica Wright to the State Civil Service Commission.
HARRISBURG (May 28, 2010) – With more veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan and the state's unemployment rate still stubbornly high this Memorial Day, Auditor General Jack Wagner renewed his call for the Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission to increase enforcement of veterans’ preference provisions in the filling of state jobs.
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 25, 2010 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today praised legislation he said will strengthen and improve the Weatherization Assistance Program in Pennsylvania, but he offered some suggestions he believes will make the bill stronger.
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 14, 2010 –Auditor General Jack Wagner reiterated his call for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority to provide his department with information related to its exposure to interest-rate swap agreements.
HARRISBURG (May 11, 2010) – The National State Auditors Association, a national organization representing state agencies and promoting effective financial management in state government, has given its 2010 “Excellence in Accountability Award” to the Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General for its audit of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare’s Special Allowance Program. The award is given annually to a state audit agency in recognition of government auditing excellence for a large performance audit, and it is the first time in recent years that such an award was won by the Pennsylvania Department of Auditor General.
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 10, 2010 –Auditor General Jack Wagner today asked the Department of Community and Economic Development to strengthen its oversight of school districts’ and local municipalities’ interest-rate swaps agreements to make the cost of these risky transactions more open and transparent to taxpayers.
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 5, 2010 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today said the Department of Health failed to oversee HIV/AIDS Prevention Program money, resulting in the potential for fraud, including the payment of $223,000 to one contractor who submitted duplicate invoices.
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 5, 2010 –Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that Pennsylvania taxpayers could end up paying hundreds of millions of dollars to bail out transportation agencies that have financed billions of dollars of public debt with risky derivative contracts known as interest-rate swaps.
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 27, 2010 – With financial reform taking center stage in the national spotlight, Auditor General Jack Wagner continues to advocate for similar reforms in Pennsylvania related to risky debt financing schemes known as “swaps.”
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 26, 2010 – Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner today commended Gov. Ed Rendell for offering a tax amnesty program to taxpayers who are delinquent in their state taxes.
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 21, 2010 – Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner today reiterated his call for the School District of Philadelphia to provide his department with information related to the school district’s exposure to interest-rate swap agreements.
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 9, 2010 – Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner today said that a recent review by his department found that the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has more than $2.23 billion in debt tied to 26 active interest-rate swaps.
(Left to Right) Sen. Lisa Boscola, Auditor General Jack Wagner, Sen. Pat Browne promoting legislation to ban school districts and local governments from entering into interest-rate swap agreements.
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 16, 2010 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today joined Sen. Lisa Boscola (D- Lehigh/Monroe/Northampton) and Sen. Patrick Browne (R- Lehigh/Monroe/Northampton) to promote legislation that would ban school districts, local governments and municipal authorities from risking taxpayer money in interest-rate swap agreements.
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 10, 2010 – Saying that he believed there were still tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians who are interested in receiving property tax rebates from slots casino revenue, Auditor General Jack Wagner today again asked Gov. Rendell to extend the filing deadline to April 15.
HARRISBURG, March 9, 2010 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today announced policy changes that will expand the equipment and services that local volunteer fire departments may legally purchase with Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Association funds.
HARRISBURG (March 4, 2010) – Auditor General Jack Wagner will join the American Lung Association in its “Fight for Air Climb,” beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, for a fundraising drive in the fight against lung disease, where hundreds of people will try to make their way up 38 floors of stairs in a climb to the top of the Gulf Tower in downtown Pittsburgh at 707 Grant Street.
HARRISBURG (March 3, 2010) – Auditor General Jack Wagner today urged the General Assembly to ban municipal authorities in the state from attaching risky interest-rate swaps to new debt financed by bond issues.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 23, 2010 – Potentially hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania homeowners are not receiving the tax relief from slots casinos revenue because the state has created a complicated, fragmented and cumbersome application process that discourages participation, according to a special report issued today by Auditor General Jack Wagner.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 19, 2010 – As Iran continues to defy the international community by enriching their uranium stockpiles, federal law may soon require further sanctions against foreign companies that have invested in Iran’s energy/oil infrastructure. However, while the current federal legislation gives the White House the option to impose such sanctions, the U.S. Senate recently passed legislation that would mainly require mandatory sanctions on those foreign companies.
HARRISBURG, Feb. 16, 2010 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today announced the spring schedule for free workshops offered to officers and members of volunteer fire departments across the commonwealth, providing operational guidelines for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 9, 2010 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today commended Erie School District for terminating its interest rate swap agreement, which netted the school district almost $2 million.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 9, 2010 -- The following statement was issued today by Auditor General Jack Wagner:
“I have supported Jack Murtha since I was a student in college, attending IUP on the GI Bill, and he was the first Vietnam veteran running for Congress. Jack Murtha will be remembered as a towering figure in modern Pennsylvania politics.”
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 28, 2010 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today renewed his call for the Department of Public Welfare to tighten its oversight of Medicaid eligibility reviews.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 15, 2010 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today repeated his call for the General Assembly to ban local governments from engaging in interest-rate swaps after pointing out that 13 investment banks underwriting swaps in Pennsylvania are expected to award over $60 billion in executive bonuses this year.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 8, 2010 – Auditor General Jack Wagner will participate in the Celebrity Cow Milking Contest at 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15 at in the Equine Arena at the 2010 Pennsylvania Farm Show.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 28, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today commended the Delaware River Port Authority today for unanimously approving his resolution to prohibit the agency from entering in to financially risky interest-rate swaps.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 24, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that the failed inspection and subsequent closing of the Capitol cafeteria further highlight the need for food safety legislation he has championed for the past four years.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 21, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today released the following statement regarding the resolution of litigation between the Department of the Auditor General and the City of Hazleton and the city’s aggregate pension fund, City of Hazleton et al. v. Department of the Auditor General, No. 1220 CD 2009, (Pa. Commonwealth Court). Wagner’s statement is preceded by a summary of the case.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 17, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today sent a letter to every school district in Pennsylvania, urging them to refrain from using interest-rate swaps and to terminate any swaps agreements they may have.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 9, 2009 – As the General Assembly continues to work on table-games legislation, one out of five Pennsylvania school districts are gambling with taxpayer money in investment schemes that could cost taxpayers millions of dollars.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 3, 2009 – A year after the taxpayers bailed out Wall Street, no action has been taken to curb unregulated financial derivatives and local taxpayers may be paying the price, says Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner. In particular danger are school districts and other local governments and government agencies that are betting taxpayer money on the direction of interest rates. Wagner wants officials to take aggressive defensive moves to protect the taxpayers they serve from the enormous losses possible from what he has called “gambling with public funds.”
HARRISBURG (Dec. 2, 2009) – Auditor General Jack Wagner today thanked Pennsylvania volunteer firefighters for helping to keep their communities safe from disaster and for making the 2009 fall Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Association workshops successful.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 1, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today urged the General Assembly to restore greater competition to the commonwealth’s $4-billion-a-year procurement process for goods and services.
HARRISBURG (Nov. 25, 2009) – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that Pennsylvania school districts and local governments that claim they are profiting from interest-rate swaps should still divest themselves of these risky investments, because sudden movements in interest rates and other factors could result in millions of dollars of financial losses.
HARRISBURG (Nov. 18, 2009) – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that the General Assembly should ban the use of “swaps,” after a special investigation completed by his department found that the Bethlehem Area School District lost at least $10.2 million of taxpayers’ money in these risky and complex financial instruments. Wagner also recommended that all Pennsylvania school districts, local governments, and municipal authorities stop entering into swap agreements and immediately terminate any active swaps to which they are a party.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 27, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that if the Rendell administration did not voluntarily change the way it bids state contracts he would press the General Assembly for new legislation to make bidding more competitive and less expensive to taxpayers.
Auditor General Jack Wagner responds to comments from Rendell in a follow-up press conference from an audit of Department of General Services. DGS is spending $592 million in technology contracts with this single-vendor Deloitte Consulting.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 21, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today called for the Rendell administration to reform its process of awarding contracts to private vendors after finding the state paid $592 million to Deloitte Consulting LLP for computer-related services over a four-year period while also giving it an additional $2.25 million in economic-development grants to help it service those same state contracts.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 14, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that he will ban all employees of the Department of the Auditor General from texting while driving.
HARRISBURG (Oct. 7, 2009) – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that a special investigation found that the Bethlehem Area School District maintained inadequate controls over more than $11.5 million of laptop computers. Wagner’s investigators also faulted administrators’ oversight of an internal investigation related to the drug arrest of a former middle-school principal that cost the district $52,726.
HARRISBURG, (Oct. 1, 2009) – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that a special performance audit, released today, found licensing deficiencies in the Department of Aging’s administration of the Older Adult Daily Living Center Program.
HARRISBURG (Sept. 3, 2009) – The annual Sharing & Caring riverboat cruise for disabled military veterans will be held Sept. 8-11. An estimated 1,000 veterans, many of whom are confined to hospitals and nursing homes, will receive lunch and a cruise on the Gateway Clipper Fleet’s Majestic. Docking begins at 10 a.m. each day at the Gateway Clipper’s Station Square location, and the cruise starts at 11 a.m.
HARRISBURG, PA, Sept. 1, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today called on Gov. Rendell’s budget advisers and leaders of the General Assembly to meet around the clock until an agreement is reached on a budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 27, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that a special investigation has determined that the sale of the State Office Building here will cost taxpayers almost $55 million rather than save money, as the Department of General Services asserted when it sold the landmark structure for $4.6 million last April.
HARRISBURG (August 20, 2009) – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that a Department of Public Welfare program that provides cash assistance to welfare recipients seeking employment was rife with mismanagement and poor oversight, creating an environment for potential fraud and abuse that could cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.
HARRISBURG, Aug. 12, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that Gov. Rendell and the General Assembly should consider recent revenue suggestions made by him and several Pennsylvania newspapers as a way of ending the commonwealth’s six-week budget impasse.
HARRISBURG (August 4, 2009) – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that a special investigation found that two council members in the Borough of Starrucca, Wayne County, were the primary beneficiaries of a council decision to secure a $70,000 loan to renovate a seldom used bridge, without regard to other borough needs or the cost to borough taxpayers.
HARRISBURG, July 9, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today suggested $1.3 billion in fiscal savings to Gov. Rendell and the General Assembly in an effort to help end the commonwealth’s budget impasse.
HARRISBURG, (July 9, 2009) – Auditor General Jack Wagner today announced the fall schedule for free workshops offered to officers and members of volunteer fire departments providing operational guidelines for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations.
HARRISBURG, June 11, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner faulted the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole for lapses in oversight of parole agents and parolees, which could result in parolees not being adequately supervised by the state, according to a special performance audit released today of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole.
HARRISBURG, June 10, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today urged the Department of Public Welfare to immediately implement all of the recommendations he made two years ago to eliminate the potential for fraud and abuse in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
HARRISBURG, May 29, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that an audit of the Dallastown Area School District in York County found that, because of errors in reporting, the school district was underpaid $87,455 by the Pennsylvania Department of Education from 2002 to 2005.
HARRISBURG, PA., May 28, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board should get the General Assembly to amend the state’s slots casino law to clearly define the roles and responsibilities of investigative agencies in sharing background information about casino owners and employees.
HARRISBURG, PA., May 19, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that the Bethlehem Area School District, in Northampton County, submitted inaccurate Social Security and Medicare wages data reports to the Department of Education, resulting in reimbursement underpayments to the district of $425,790.
HARRISBURG, PA., May 14, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that the New Castle Area School District, in Lawrence County, received $54,784 in state funds to which it was not entitled because it inaccurately reported employee wages to the commonwealth.
Auditor General Jack Wagner points out the potential red flags with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board's procurement procedures.
HARRISBURG (April 29, 2009)-- Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board did not violate state law but that it did exercise poor judgment in awarding a $173,820 employee training contract to the husband of a PLCB regional manager, creating the appearance of a conflict of interest.
HARRISBURG (April 22, 2009) – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that audits completed by his department determined that Kimberly Lehnhardt of Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, misappropriated $55,182 of taxpayer money while employed as a secretary for two different magisterial district courts.
PITTSBURGH, March 25, 2009 -- Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that he was reviewing the Pennsylvania Department of General Service’s agreement to sell the State Office Building here for $4.6 million because the transaction amounted to a “fire sale.”
HARRISBURG, March 20, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that his review of a $173,000 contract that the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board awarded to a Pittsburgh firm owned by the husband of the PLCB’s regional manager for Western Pennsylvania would focus on the bidding process used for procuring professional services.
HARRISBURG (March 13, 2009) – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that he would review the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s awarding of a $173,000 contract to a Pittsburgh firm owned by the husband of the PLCB’s regional manager for Western Pennsylvania.
PITTSBURGH, March 2, 2009 -- Auditor General Jack Wagner today said that the commonwealth should postpone plans to sell the State Office Building here because of the weak economy.
Feb. 25, 2009, Auditor General Jack Wagner (center) testifies before the Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee.
Feb. 11, 2009, Auditor General Jack Wagner testifies before the Senate Education Committee, advocating new legislation to strengthen school safety in Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 28, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, through its county assistance offices, failed to make proper Medicaid eligibility determinations on more than 1,600 Medicaid applicants between January 2005 and March 2008, resulting in $3.3 million in improper payments made on behalf of ineligible recipients.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 23, 2009 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today said the Department of General Services must exert greater control over its management of the state’s fleet of 16,637 vehicles, after issuing a report that faulted the agency for weak leadership, incomplete record-keeping and little accountability in how cars were being assigned and maintained.
HARRISBURG, Dec. 22, 2008 – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that a special performance audit identified weaknesses in the Department of Education’s administration of Classrooms for the Future, a three-year, $155 million initiative whose goal is to put laptop computers in the classrooms of every Pennsylvania public high school.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 16, 2008 -- Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that he was appalled by the Public School Employees’ Retirement System’s decision to award $854,000 in bonuses to 21 employees following the system’s $1.8 billion investment losses this year. Wagner called on the PSERS board of directors to try to recover the bonuses from employees, and he again urged the General Assembly to pass legislation explicitly banning all bonuses in state government.
HARRISBURG, Dec. 11, 2008 – Auditor General Jack Wagner cast thousands of votes while serving as a Pittsburgh city councilman and Pennsylvania senator. On Dec. 15, he will cast one of the most historic ballots in his three decades of public service.
At noon on that date, in the House of Representatives’ chamber, Wagner will cast his vote for president of the United States as a member of Pennsylvania’s 56th Electoral College.
HARRISBURG (Dec. 3, 2008) – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that the Department of Education has adopted a hands-off, reactive approach to the task of addressing violence in Pennsylvania schools, impeding its ability to quickly identify dangerous schools and target limited state resources to assist schools that need the most help.
HARRISBURG (Nov. 19, 2008) – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that a special performance audit found that, because of inadequate policies and oversight by the State Civil Service Commission, 25 state agencies filled at least 569 civil service employment positions without considering eligible veterans seeking employment, even though the agencies requested employment lists that included these veterans with test scores among the top three highest-scoring job candidates.
HARRISBURG (Nov. 14, 2008) -- Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that, more than one year after he cited the Department of Public Welfare for lax oversight and systemic weaknesses of the state’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program that permitted more than 1,000 applicants of potential fraud and abuse, the department still had not provided documentation to prove that the potential for fraud and abuse had been eliminated from LIHEAP.
HARRISBURG (Sept. 22, 2008) – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that recent audits of the South Allegheny School District in Allegheny County and the Lehighton Area School District in Carbon County again point to the need of local school boards to provide greater public disclosure of superintendent contracts, and tighter superintendent contract provisions, so that Pennsylvania taxpayers are better protected from costly contract buyouts. Wagner said that his auditors determined that more than $1.3 million in taxpayer dollars have been spent to pay for superintendent contract buyouts over the past three years in seven audits of school districts conducted by his department.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Aug. 19, 2008) – Auditor General Jack Wagner today called for a sweeping overhaul of the governing board of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) by replacing eight of the 16 legislators on the 20-member board with financial and academic experts. Currently, PHEAA’s board is comprised of 16 members of the General Assembly (eight each from the House and Senate), the Secretary of Education, and three appointees by Gov. Rendell. This overall conclusion and reform plan was contained in a report issued today and is a result of the Department of the Auditor General’s first-ever special performance audit in PHEAA’s 45-year history. The final report, covering the period of July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2007, follows an interim report Wagner issued to PHEAA on Oct. 4, 2007, asking for immediate corrective action.
HARRISBURG, July 22, 2008 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today recommended that the Pennsylvania State Police and the Board of Probation and Parole should request that the General Assembly amend the state’s Megan’s Law to require five years of global positioning system (GPS) monitoring for sex offenders who break the state law requiring them to verify their addresses.
Wagner also recommended that the state police and probation board should request that the General Assembly amend Megan’s Law to require at least five years of GPS monitoring for all sexually violent predators whose victims are children.
HARRISBURG, June 13, 2008 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today recommended that the Turnpike Commission appoint an executive-level safety director to coordinate and oversee all aspects of roadway safety and to hold overall accountability.
Wagner made the recommendation after his compliance audit found weaknesses in the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s collection and analysis of accident data, making it difficult to accurately assess the turnpike’s safety record.
Military veteran leaders present Auditor General Jack Wagner (third from left) with an “Outstanding Service Award” from the Pennsylvania War Veterans Council, January 10, 2008, for his role in getting a bill to help improve veterans’ services signed into law. Presenting the award (left to right) are American Legion Past National Commander Dominic DiFrancesco, State Veterans’ Commission Chairman Paul Hastings, Pennsylvania American Legion Department Commander Bob Miller, Jr., Pennsylvania American Legion Department Adjutant Kit D. Watson, Pennsylvania Disabled American Veterans Past Department Commander Adjutant Timothy Dunn and Pennsylvania American Veterans Executive Director Tom Minchin.
HARRISBURG, PA., Dec. 3, 2007 – Auditor General Jack Wagner today said the time is now for Gov. Rendell and the General Assembly to overhaul the Port Authority of Allegheny County’s board of directors, saying that a change in governing structure is the most significant step needed for permanent reform.
Auditor General Jack Wagner (right) discusses findings in the Department of Community and Economic Development audit report at a press conference with DCED Secretary Dennis Yablonsky.
HARRISBURG, Oct. 31, 2007 – The state’s leading agency for economic development must improve monitoring of financial grants it gives to businesses to help them create or retain jobs, Auditor General Jack Wagner said today.
HARRISBURG (June 14, 2007) – Responding to recent consumer complaints of tainted gasoline in eastern Pennsylvania, Auditor General Jack Wagner today called on the General Assembly to immediately require random testing of gasoline for quality.
HARRISBURG (May 1, 2006) – The Pennsylvania State Police improved its administration of Megan’s Law but must still do better at posting complete and accurate information on its Web site, learning the exact release dates of offenders in prison, and determining the whereabouts of nearly 700 registrants who failed to re-verify their addresses as the law requires.
These findings and others appear in a special performance audit report released today by Auditor General Jack Wagner. The audit covered the period Jan. 24, 2005 to Nov. 22, 2005.
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