State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd has hammered two large state government agencies she said combined to mismanage more than $85 million in pandemic-era federal funds.

In the mandated Federal Single Audit of expenditures made in fiscal year 2023 – which covered July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023 – Byrd said throughout state government, her auditors found a record $93.4 million in questioned costs, which are defined as any expenditures that do not comply with the law, cannot be documented or appear unreasonable or unethical.

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