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Vermont failed to audit billion-dollar water project despite legal mandate
Original: NEW: Despite a legal requirement to do so, Vermont never audited a water project that’s cost nearly a billion. “I find i
Vermont has never audited a water project costing nearly a billion dollars, despite a legal requirement to do so. A former lawmaker expressed astonishment that the audit was not carried out and that the legislature failed to hold officials accountable. The report raises questions about oversight of one of the state's most expensive infrastructure efforts.
Why now: New ProPublica reporting is drawing attention to a breakdown in state oversight of a costly public project
Evidence
- NEW: Despite a legal requirement to do so, Vermont never audited a water project that’s cost nearly a billion. “I find it amazing that they haven’t done the audit and that somebody in the legislature did not hold them to account,” said a former lawmaker. https://www.… · ProPublica@newsie.social · 67
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