(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah audit finds inconsistent oversight in university tenure and post-tenure reviews. Auditors based their conclusions on 120 interviews and 666 faculty-review records across the state’s public colleges and universities. The report says department chairs often lack clear authority or training to address performance concerns. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah State Auditor Tina Cannon says federal money designed to help Medicaid patients in nursing homes was not used properly. She says only 49-percent of the federal funding went to helping patients. The majority went to companies running those facilities. The auditor accuses them of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A recent Utah election audit found strong cybersecurity but flagged issues like unsecured written passwords and weak password practices. While election systems aren’t internet-connected, officials vowed to address these vulnerabilities with better staff training and security measures. Auditors confirmed Utah’s multiple layers of security reduce […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A state audit reveals Utah students aren’t improving on their test scores. The report from the Legislative Auditor General states that proficiency levels remain stagnant as schools try to move students from the “not proficient” category to the “proficient” category on state tests. The report […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers want an election integrity audit conducted to put to rest any lingering doubts about the state’s voting system. At a committee meeting last night, they directed legislative auditors to examine election issues from last year. House Minority Leader — Salt Lake City Democrat […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A legislative audit says Utah’s oil and gas division has not carried out state-mandated oversight allowing more than 100 noncompliance cases to go unresolved and lack of environmental contamination cleanup at waste disposal sites. The audit released Tuesday says the Utah Division of Oil, Gas […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Utah police officers caught committing misdeeds on the job such as driving under the influence or using drugs receive more lenient punishments than law enforcement in six other states, a new state report found. The State Auditor’s Office reviewed eight years of discipline records and concluded […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Department of Defense audit found that $53 million of ballistic missile motors stored at Hill Air Force Base in northern Utah were inaccurately designated as not working. The Standard-Examiner reports that spokeswoman Leah Bryant said “training issues” at some Air Force units resulted in items being listed […]
