Report I2020-1 Recommendation 51 Responses

Report I2020-1: Investigation of Improper Activities by State Agencies and Employees: Waste of State Funds, Misuse of Bereavement Leave, Misuse of State Resources, Dishonesty, and Supervisory Neglect of Duty (Release Date: April 2020)

Case Number I2018-1932

Recommendation #51 To: Social Services, Department of

The California Department of Social Services (Social Services) should determine whether corrective action is appropriate for the manager in the human resource services branch who was aware of the salary overpayment yet failed to promptly initiate action to recover the funds.

Agency Response From January 2020

Social Services reported that the manager who was aware of the salary overpayment left in July 2019; therefore, it lacks authority to take corrective action.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Resolved


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