HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 31 -- The Connecticut State Auditors of Public Accounts issued the following audit report on Aug. 29, 2024, entitled entitled "Department of Correction." Here are excerpts: * * * CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...3 STATE AUDITORS' FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS...4 Holiday Compensatory Time - Additional Payments...4 Lack of Compensatory Time Oversight...5 Inaccurate Processing of Workers' Compensation Claims...7 Inadequate Medical Leave Documentation...9 Lack of Dual Em  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 28 -- The Connecticut State Auditors of Public Accounts issued the following audit report entitled entitled "Department of Energy and Environmental Protection." Here are excerpts: * * * CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...3 STATE AUDITORS' FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS...4 Controls Over Overtime and Compensatory Time...4 Personnel File Documentation for Seasonal Employees...6 Lack of Employee Evaluations...7 Controls Over Procurement...8 Controls Over Purchasing Cards...  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 27 -- The Connecticut State Auditors of Public Accounts issued the following audit report entitled entitled "Freedom of Information Commission." Here are excerpts: * * * CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...3 STATE AUDITORS' FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS...4 Asset Management...4 STATUS OF PRIOR AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS...6 OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY...7 ABOUT THE AGENCY...9 * * * INTRODUCTION We are pleased to submit this audit of the Freedom of Information Commiss  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with the Connecticut Department of Correction addressing conditions for children at Manson Youth Institution, an adult correctional facility housing children charged in the criminal justice system. Under the agreement, Manson will eliminate the use of disciplinary isolation to manage the behavior of children in its cus  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CAMP CASEY, South Korea A deployed U.S. Army Chemical Corps company is training together with U.S. and South Korean military forces near the world's most heavily guarded border. American Soldiers from the 59th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Company (Hazardous Response) "Mountain Dragons" are bolstering the Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance combine  more