LANSING - Not all volunteers with the Michigan Cyber Civilian Corps are meeting program requirements, including passing criminal background checks, signing a nondisclosure agreement for confidential security work and failing components of a test which validated their abilities to work with the group. These findings come from an audit released Friday by the Office of the Auditor
ANN ARBOR - A recent University of Michigan study says the state's energy efficiency programs are meeting legislative objectives, but are not providing equal benefits to those in low-income households compared to those in higher-income households. The study, from the Urban Energy Justice Lab at the University of Michigan, said on average nationally low-income households
LANSING - A performance audit released Wednesday of the Michigan Strategic Fund found there was an omission of data during two fiscal years of reporting on a tax credit provided through the department. The audit, released Wednesday by the Office of the Auditor General, focused on the Michigan Economic Growth Authority Tax Credit Program overseen
WASHINGTON DC - The Office of the U.S. DOT Inspector General has initiated another audit into the FAA’s approval and oversight processes for unmanned aircraft systems. This audit focuses on the waivers that permit UAS uses to go beyond some of the basic limitations, such as operating beyond line of sight or at night. “Our
LANSING - The Department of Technology, Management and Budget did not ensure that it had identified the state's most critical technology systems and, for those it had identified, it did not ensure that they could be restored within deadlines, a report released Thursday by Auditor General Doug Ringler said. The state designates certain systems as
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has mostly addressed oversight issues in how its Renaissance Zone Program evaluates the impact on creating new jobs, retaining jobs and stimulating capital investment within the state and determines compliance, according to a follow up report from the Office of the Auditor General. Originally, Renaissance Zones were regions
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Treasury Business Tax Division was not ensuring that businesses were filing all the necessary tax forms and was not following up when forms were tagged for errors, a report from Auditor General Doug Ringler said. The performance audit of the Corporate Income Tax and Michigan Business Tax in the
LANSING - The state's unemployment system, already under heavy scrutiny from a pair of lawsuits and the subject of legislation to make major changes, suffered another blow Thursday with an audit sharply critical of its much criticized automated fraud detection system. Several of those cited for fraudulently claiming unemployment benefits have said the Unemployment Insurance
LANSING - Auditors have found that most of the state's UNIX servers, operated by the Department of Technology, Management and Budget, had not been properly secured, an audit released Thursday said. The performance audit of statewide UNIX security controls, for the period October 1, 2012, through August 31, 2015, found that of 63 servers tested,
TROY – The ISACA Detroit Chapter Meeting on Oct. 21 will feature two presentations: Pre-Dinner Topic: GRC Within a System Implementation Pre-Dinner Speakers: Chris McGee and Sarah Eilerman After-Dinner Topic: Audit Analytics After-Dinner Speakers: Libby Roop, CFE Peter Baciorowski, CISA. Registration and Networking begin at 4:30 pm at the Michigan State University Management Education
