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1. State comptroller report finds 587 local authorities and commissions far less than open with public
(N.J./State)

... a website at all, according to an Office of the State Comptroller report made public Tuesday. In attempting to cast light on some of the more obscure portions of what it describes as New Jersey's bloated ...

2. State audit finds Rutgers conducts questionable contracting practices
(N.J./State)

... and universities, an action that leads to lost taxpayer dollars, favoritism, and risks corruption. An audit of Rutgers' procurement practices by the Office of the State Comptroller made public Wednesday ...

3. Gov. Christie was voice of reason on ‘60 Minutes’
(Opinion/Commentary)

... they sold off the Statehouse and are not paying lots of people they owe money to. According to Illinois State Comptroller Dan Hynes, the state has $5 billion in outstanding bills and they don't have enough ...

4. Long range fiscal challenges face the state of New Jersey
(Opinion/Commentary)

... University-Newark. Previously, he held appointments fom two New Jersey Governors as State Budget Director and Comptroller; and from the President as the Deputy under Secretary of Defense for Finance; and ...

5. Bank of America paying $137M for scheme that stung, state and local governments, school districts and non-profits
(Money/Economy)

... into simultaneously with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Reserve and 20 states, including New ...

6. N.J. Turnpike Authority cuts employee perks and benefits
(N.J./State)

Also considering privatizing toll collections BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Responding to a report by the State Comptroller's Office that it squandered at least $43 million on unnecessary ...

7. Christie and new Turnpike Authority director moving to clean up agency's spending abuses
(N.J./State)

... in perks, bonuses and payouts reported by the State Comptroller's Office in an audit of the agency are already being addressed by the administration. "I think I can say the obvious: it's deplorable,'' ...

8. N.J. Turnpike Authority slammed by State comptroller
(N.J./State)

... sick leave payouts and a poorly managed health benefits plan, according to an audit released Tuesday by the Office of the State Comptroller. The audit found that the Turnpike Authority granted approximately ...

9. Legislators want crackdown on free-spending N.J. Turnpike Authority, similar agencies
(N.J./State)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A State Comptroller's Office report made public Tuesday that found the New Jersey Turnpike Authority has spent at least $43 million in tolls on perks, bonuses ...

10. Christie, Mayor Langford make agreement to ease property taxes in Atlantic City
(N.J./State)

... in advancing reforms to address concerns raised in a performance audit issued in January by the State Comptroller. It also notes that the city and DCA agree that it is in the best interests of the state, ...

11. Oliver wants to know how Christie administration made $400M mistake in Race to the Top application
(N.J./State)

... administration's ‘Race to the Top' application will show as much interest in addressing last weeks report, by the State Comptroller Matthew Boxer,'' Kean added. "That important report detailed how abusive ...

12. N.J. comptroller finds tax abatements for developers costing taxpayers, schools money
(N.J./State)

... by the Office of the State Comptroller declares. The report finds that abatement practices go largely unmonitored by the state and that municipal governments have little incentive to comprehensively ...

13. New Jerseyans should know county and municipal dollars spent on lobbying
(Opinion/Commentary)

... when the State's Comptroller, Matthew Boxer, issued a report in March 2009. Though not recommending that public entities be prohibited from hiring lobbyists, the report recommended cost cutting measures ...

14. Do states get a return on sports facilities investments?
(Sports/Professional)

... when all municipalities are struggling with revenues and balancing budgets, is any municipality getting a return on stadium and arena investments? On Friday, the State Comptroller of New York, Thomas ...

15. Arowosayes of Be Kind Health Care Services plead guilty to Medicaid fraud
(Health/Healthquest)

... of the State Comptroller — Medicaid Fraud Division. Olasehmdeme Arowosaye was arrested on April 26 and is currently free on $150,000 bail. Hutchins-Henderson scheduled sentencing for Sept. 13. Under ...

16. Christie tells Delaware River Port Authority to get its ethics together
(N.J./State)

... of the authority's budget and performance by the Pennsylvania auditor general — or an outside auditor — and the New Jersey comptroller. Compliance with Open Public Meeting and Records Acts and Sunshine ...

17. Health care law changes you might not know
(Health/Healthquest)

... which methods work best. This is often called "comparative effectiveness research." When: The comptroller general of the United States — who runs the Government Accountability Office — will appoint the ...

18. Audit finds N.J. government wasted millions on 19,000 unused phone lines
(N.J./State)

State comptroller helps save $3.2 million annually The state government has paid more than $3.2 million annually for more than 19,000 phone lines that had gone unused and were no longer needed, according ...

19. What Gov. Christie should consider doing next to better manage state government
(Opinion/Commentary)

... processes. More will be necessary. Richard F. Keevey is the director of the Policy Research Institute for the Region at Princeton University. He was state budget director and comptroller under two New ...

20. Corruption - Omnipresent???
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... from deals not brought before the town board. We were conscientious and we ultimately prevailed. Currently, the NYS Office of Comptroller is now and has been investigating the town officials lack of ...