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Harris calls for expanded audit of education spending
Rep. Andy Harris said Thursday that he will request an expanded review of the Maryland Department of Education's use of federal funds after an audit found that the state may have to return up to $540,000 in misspent stimulus dollars and money designated...
Tags: C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Ceremonies, U.S. Department of Education, Parties and Movements, Baltimore County
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Federal audit finds city schools misspent stimulus, Title I funds
The Maryland State Department of Education may have to pay back up to $540,000 in federal money intended to help the state's poorest schools after a scathing audit found that Baltimore City was one of two school districts that misspent the funds, using...
Tags: Potatoes, Ceremonies, E.J. Pipkin, U.S. Department of Education, PTA
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City spending board approves another property tax break
Baltimore's spending board voted Wednesday to approve another property tax break for city homeowners, part of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's plan to cut property taxes by 22 percent over 10 years. The tax credit approved by the Board of Estimates would...
Tags: Finance, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Credit and Debt, Taxation, Edward L. Reisinger III
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Cases lingering in Maryland Tax Court, state auditors say
The Maryland Tax Court has frequently failed to rule on residential property assessment cases as promptly as the law requires, according to a state audit made public Thursday. The court, which hears appeals in cases involving state and local taxes, must...
Tags: Judges, Justice System
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Applicants sought for school system Audit Committee
The Board of Education of Harford County is seeking applications from interested county citizens to fill one opening on the school system's Audit Committee. The purpose of the five-member committee is to assist the board in fulfilling its fiduciary...Tags: Finance, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Harford County
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Audit finds lapses in state school construction agency oversight
The state agency charged with overseeing Maryland's public school construction projects was found to have lacked proper monitoring of contracts, projects and maintenance inspections, according to a legislative audit. The audit, released Friday, examined...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, InterActiveCorp, House Building
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Audit finds state servers vulnerable to cyberattack
Servers that host internet service for more than 30 state agencies are vulnerable to a cyberattack, according to a legislative audit released this week. The Maryland State Archives, which oversees the five servers, did not update the operating systems in...
Tags: White House, Computer Crime, Computer Networking and Internet, Prince George's County, Barack Obama
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Audit dings State Archives for poor record-keeping, outdated software
The State Archives had inadequate procedures to prevent loss or employee theft of its $31.4 million art collection, and outdated software left its computers vulnerable to attack, an audit released Tuesday found. The Department of Legislative Services...
Tags: Theft, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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311 complaints ignored, communities fight bars themselves
Black scuff marks line the staircase at 922 N. Charles St., left there by frustrated tenants kicking the wall in a vain attempt to make their neighbor, the Museum Restaurant and Lounge, quiet down. Most nights, tenants say, the sound of DJs hyping up...
Tags: Punishment, Highlandtown, Fines, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Bars and Clubs
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Baltimore's liquor licensing mess
Here's the gist of what legislative auditors discovered when they recently evaluated Baltimore's liquor board: It is doing a lousy job. And here's a short summary of the liquor board's response: Yup. It would be shocking if it weren't so predictable....Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Business
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Auditors find widespread problems at Balto. liquor agency
State auditors found widespread problems at Baltimore's liquor agency in a review made public Wednesday, accusing regulators of failing to follow state law in awarding licenses, prematurely closing 311 complaints and handling inspections inconsistently....
Tags: Punishment, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Fines, Local Government, Verna L. Jones-Rodwell
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Rawlings-Blake's budget includes new taxes, raises
Baltimore residents would have to pay more to grab a cab. They would be hit with an additional fee in their water bills. And they would have 300 fewer firefighters on the payroll. But they also would have lower property taxes, better recreation centers...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Public Employees, Government, Interior Policy, Bernard C. Young
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