Auditor: Oklahoma fails in agency mismanagement for fourth straight year

For the fourth year in a row, multiple Oklahoma state agencies are found to have mismanaged tens of millions in federal funding, according to the state auditor. “For expenditures dating to the fiscal year 2024, questioned costs totaled close to $25 million, State Auditor & Inspector Cindy Byrd told media in her annual Oklahoma Federal Single Audit press conference Aug. 24, which presented findings from Fiscal Year 2024. Like with Fiscal Year 2023, Byrd's office found the faults in Oklahoma Department of Management & Enterprise Services (OMES) and Department of Human Services (DHS). Before the pandemic, the average amount mismanaged...