BlackLeafwatch the watchmen

All articles

1288 systems, newest first.

Texas public higher education salary-supplement disclosure law

9 of 14 Texas Colleges Skipped a Required Pay-Supplement Disclosure

Texas law requires posting the dollar amount of any donor-funded pay supplement online. Nine of the 14 colleges that took one in 2023-2025 didn't post it.

By Frontinus · September 16, 2026texas-state-auditor-officesalary-supplement-disclosurepublic-higher-education-oversight
Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) -- internal controls over annual Medicaid financial reporting

Louisiana's Health Department Misstated $304 Million — Again

Louisiana's auditor found the Health Department's FY2025 Medicaid books off by $304.3 million -- the same control failure flagged for the fifth year running.

By Marcus Aurelius · September 15, 2026ldh-annual-financial-reporting-controlslouisiana-legislative-auditor-single-audit-fy2025medicaid-afr-misstatement-repeat-finding
Federal agency budgets

Congress Rejected a Bid to Shut Down the Marine Mammal Commission

The White House asked to eliminate this 12-person federal agency, budgeting only for severance and rent. Congress said no, funding it near its prior level.

By Frontinus · September 14, 2026marine-mammal-commission-fy2026-shutdown-budgettrump-administration-agency-elimination-proposalcongress-rejects-elimination-appropriations
Nebraska school State Aid calculation (TEEOSA), Nebraska Department of Education

Nebraska Miscalculated State Aid for All 247 School Districts

State auditors found Nebraska miscalculated special-ed reimbursements for all 247 school districts in FY2025, plus $54.8M in other errors.

By Frontinus · September 13, 2026nebraska-department-of-educationteeosa-state-aid-formulaspecial-education-reimbursement
Ohio School District Fiscal Emergency Oversight

Ohio School Districts Spend Years Trapped in 'Fiscal Emergency'

Ohio's fiscal-emergency oversight has averaged 41 months per case since 1996 -- and Mount Healthy's own forecast still shows its deficit growing.

By Frontinus · September 13, 2026school-fiscal-emergencyohio-school-district-oversightstate-solvency-assistance
Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System (APERS) benefit-payment controls

APERS Skipped Its Own Monthly Check -- Then a Software Bug Hit

Arkansas's pension system self-reported $261,993 in overpayments, then found $95,264 more from a bug its own monthly safeguard wasn't reviewed to catch.

By Marcus Aurelius · September 12, 2026public-pension-systeminternal-controls-failurebenefit-overpayment
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)

USITC never reviewed the contract for its own building security

The trade agency's $2.4 million security contract went unreviewed by staff, and the guard log documenting building access was shredded without its knowledge.

By Marcus Aurelius · September 12, 2026federal-physical-securityinspector-general-oversightinteragency-agreement
Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services -- abuse/neglect and medication-safety reporting oversight

60% of Mass. DDS's Most Urgent Safety Reports Missed Deadline

Mass. DDS touts a fixed timeliness stat, but its most urgent safety reports -- flagging medication errors -- still missed deadlines 60% of the time.

By Marcus Aurelius · September 11, 2026massachusetts-department-of-developmental-servicesmedication-occurrence-report-timelinessabuse-neglect-investigation-timeliness
Delaware Medicaid nursing-facility cost-report compliance, examined by the state's independently elected Auditor of Accounts

Delaware nursing homes passed Medicaid audits with 8 flaws each

Delaware's auditor found an average of 8 findings per nursing home reviewing the Medicaid cost reports that set what facilities get paid per patient-day.

By Marcus Aurelius · September 11, 2026delaware-ltc-medicaid-cost-report-gapdelaware-auditor-of-accountsmedicaid-nursing-facility-reimbursement
U.S. Government Publishing Office / Office of Inspector General

GPO's Fix for $304,000 in Dead Inventory Missed Its Own Deadline

A GPO audit found $304,000 in unsold paper and cloth sitting in its warehouses, plus a $39,000 records error -- both fixes missed GPO's own deadline.

By Frontinus · September 10, 2026gpo-inventory-management-auditgpo-oig-nonmoving-inventorygpo-recommendations-past-deadline
Postal Regulatory Commission -- purchase card oversight

The Postal Regulator's Last Watchdog Report Before It Was Dissolved

PRC's own inspector general, 3 months before Congress dissolved it, found $23,112 in card payments cleared above its $10,000 approval threshold, undocumented.

By Marcus Aurelius · September 10, 2026postal-regulatory-commissionpurchase-card-controlsinspector-general-audit
Library of Congress -- inspector general report disclosure

Library of Congress OIG Withheld 3 of 9 Reports From the Public

LoC's inspector general reviewed attack readiness, IT recovery, and gold-collection theft risk -- and withheld all three from the public.

By Frontinus · September 9, 2026withheld-inspector-general-reportslibrary-of-congress-oversightgovernment-transparency-gap
Weekly digest: the most-read systems, in brief. Mondays.

Comments

Always open. Logged-in readers can annotate paragraphs in place.

Loading comments…
or log in to comment under your account