Audit report finds several potential breaches of Arkansas law in governor’s $19K lectern purchase • Arkansas Advocate
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Google-News-Wire
- April 16, 2024
- alexa henning
- Arkansas Attorney General
- arkansas department of transformation and shared services
- arkansas legislative audit
- Arkansas Legislature
- audit
- Beckett Events
- David Wallace
- Democratic Party of Arkansas
- FOIA
- Freedom Of Information Act
- jimmy gazaway
- jimmy hickey
- lectern
- Legislative Joint Auditing Committee
- matt campbell
- podium
- procurement
- Prosecuting Attorney
- purchase
- Republican Party of Arkansas
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- tim griffin
- tom mars
Arkansas Legislative Audit’s report on the $19,000 purchase of a lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office found several instances of “potential noncompliance” with state law and has been sent to the state attorney general and Pulaski County’s prosecuting attorney. Members of Sanders’ staff used a state-issued credit card to buy the lectern and a […]
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Arkansas AG claims purchasing laws do not apply to governor, days before release of lectern audit • Arkansas Advocate
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin released an opinion Wednesday, at Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ request, declaring that certain executive branch officials such as the governor are not subject to certain laws that regulate purchases by government entities. Sanders’ request and Griffin’s response came just days before lawmakers are expected to release the results of Arkansas […]
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Auditor: Report on Arkansas governor’s lectern purchase should be finished in March
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Google-News-Wire
- February 8, 2024
- arkansas legislative audit
- Arkansas Legislature
- audit
- David Wallace
- FOIA
- Freedom Of Information Act
- government transparency
- jimmy gazaway
- jimmy hickey
- lectern
- Legislative Joint Auditing Committee
- matt campbell
- podium
- Republican Party of Arkansas
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- special session
- tom mars
Arkansas’ chief legislative auditor expects to complete a report on the investigation of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ purchase of a $19,000 lectern by the end of next month, but it’s unclear when the report will be made public. Auditors began investigating the controversial purchase immediately upon approval from the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee on Oct. […]
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