Couple hundred million here, couple hundred million there, and eventually lawmakers are going to decide to take a closer look. That’s what’s happening with the state government. Niki Kelly reports that the State is going to hire Deloitte to take a look at the $500 million in “financial miscues” by the Indiana Department of Revenue.
Instead of financial miscues, I think we should call them “whoopsies”.
Miscue? Seriously? Makes me wonder if this was Niki Kelly’s word choice or taken straight from a press release.
Why is OMB Director Adam Horst in charge of an audit of his own work?
Isn’t that why we elect a State Auditor, to avoid these conflicts of interest?
Nice. I’ll add “financial miscues” to my list of euphemisms that have been used to describe the whoopsies:
http://www.chrishardie.com/2011/12/when-you-lose-track-of-millions-in-taxpayer-dollars/
Chris
Would this be the same Deloitte being sued for missing the signs of massive fraud elsewhere? http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/26/us-deloitte-mortgage-idUSTRE78P51E20110926
Yet, the State hires them again and again. Is this a case of “if you want to find a criminal, hire a criminal?”
I also agree with Nick’s comment that Horst and the OMB should NOT be involved in this investigation — at any level.