Friday, April 21, 2006

DesMoinesRegister.com

DesMoinesRegister.com: "Enact new safeguards over public money
Inspector general not necessary, though.


April 20, 2006


It's possible something good could come of the scandal over excessive salaries and bonuses paid to top executives of a Des Moines-based job-training agency. That is if the Legislature uses the experience to demand more accountability for agencies that spend government money.

A bill being drafted in the House this week, which likely will be debated early next week, would set new standards for agencies that spend state and federal money. The new requirements that are expected to be included in the bill set reasonable standards that would be useful guides for any public or private organization. Before nonprofit organizations or local-government consortiums - such as the Central Iowa Employment and Training Consortium - receive public money, they would have to have the following policies in place:"

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