Audit finds Minnesota IT agency improperly managed funding account
Minnesota IT Services — the state agency that bungled the rollout of the state’s vehicle licensing system — is at the center of another controversy, this time over improper management of funding for information and telecommunications projects.
The Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor released an audit Thursday saying the agency failed to adequately oversee projects funded through the state’s Information and Telecommunications Account.
Lawmakers created the Information and Telecommunications Account in 2006 as a way to invest more in information technology projects for state agencies, the report states. If there was extra money left over at the end of a biennial budget, an agency could put that funding into the account to be used on projects instead of letting the funds expire.
The audit reviewed dozens of projects, which ranged from a $3,000 database system enhancement for the Board of Podiatric Medicine to a nearly $4.5 million modernization of a management system that collects and tracks corrections data about offenders.
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