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Kim Reynolds Misspent COVID Funds, Rob Sand's Audit Finds [View all]
https://iowastartingline.com/2020/10/19/kim-reynolds-misspent-covid-funds-rob-sands-audit-finds/Gov. Kim Reynolds directed CARES Act money meant for COVID-19 management to a HR company that her former chief of staff lobbies for, to set up a new HR software system for state government, a new audit from State Auditor Rob Sand shows. Approximately $21 million from the federal government meant for the pandemic was spent on Workday, a system that the state already contracted with in 2019.
The U.S. Treasury Office and Inspector General were also involved in the audit, confirming Sand’s findings.
Sand also found concern with Reynolds’ use of CARES Act money to pay some of her office staffs’ salaries, which he stated were “questionable and could lead to repayments” if the staff did not do enough COVID-related work or it wasn’t well-documented.
“These expenditures are not ‘due to the public health emergency,'” Sand wrote in a letter of the Workday expenses. “The State signed a contract in 2019 for these expenditures prior to the emergence of COVID-19.”
Reynolds’ office justified the expense, according to Sand’s letter, by saying it would help state employees better request medical-related paid leave. However, Sand noted that those features were already part of the original justification for the Workday system in 2019, not a new rationale related to the pandemic.
Much more at article.
You get the feeling that Reynolds looks at her job as a plaything.
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