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July 24, 2009
City Auditor Laura
Doud Speaks At California Recovery Task Force
Conference
Says of
federal stimulus funds, "This is a new day, with new
money, new rules and heightened scrutiny."
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City Auditor Laura Doud (lefT)
participated in the California
Recovery Task Force Conference
in Anaheim at the invitation of
California State Inspector
General Laura Chick (at podium). |
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City Auditor Laura Doud (left)
with California State Inspector
General Laura Chick. |
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City
Auditor Laura Doud participated yesterday in the
California Recovery Task Force Conference in Anaheim
at the invitation of California State Inspector
General Laura Chick. Inspector General Chick
moderated the panel titled “Avoiding the Pitfalls:
Protecting Recovery Dollars from Waste and Fraud.”
Other members of the panel were California State
Auditor Elaine Howle and representatives of the U.S.
Government Accountability Office, the U.S.
Department of Justice, and the California Recovery
Task Force.
The day-long conference was one of three regional
“Road to Recovery Conferences” sponsored by the
governor-appointed Recovery Task Force to provide
information to the public about how to apply for
federal stimulus funds.
As the panel’s representative of municipal
government oversight, City Auditor Doud discussed
her role in Long Beach for the oversight of federal
stimulus funds.
City Auditor Doud spoke to the 250 attendees about
the record amounts of money that will be coming into
California along with the unprecedented level of
accountability for the spending of the federal
dollars. “Our message to those who will be applying
for and receiving these funds is that it is not only
your responsibility to comply with a multitude of
rules and regulations for use of the federal
funds---but it is also your responsibility to ensure
that all those under you, such as subcontractors,
comply. I encourage applicants for the stimulus
grants to learn all they can about the rules, so
that penalties can be avoided,” Doud said.
Some examples of the strict requirements attached to
these federal funds are that projects use only
American steel and that whistleblower hotline
posters are posted at all job sites.
“My office will help ensure that public monies are
used effectively and that fraud, waste and abuse of
resources are deterred and detected. We will also be
verifying that appropriate controls are in place to
help prevent any misuse of funds, thereby preventing
the City from having to give back or lose out on
available funds.”
The public, City employees or vendors doing business
with the City of Long Beach can report suspected
fraud, waste or abuse of federal funds on the City
Auditor’s toll-free, 24 hour Fraud Hotline, 888/
Fraud 07, or click
here for more.
For
information about California stimulus funding
available directly from the federal government,
visit
www.recovery.ca.gov
Staff Contact:
You are encouraged to contact
Olivia Silva Maiser, Director of Communications at
562-570-6434 or at
Olivia.Maiser@longbeach.gov
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