This morning State Auditor Adam Edelen is releasing the first half of the annual state government audit. In it, he offers 62 findings with recommendations.

Those 62 findings are related to deficiencies in internal controls of financial reporting, up from last year’s 53. This year’s audit also found eight material weaknesses that all relate to the Kentucky Humane Resource Information System, as he first told you last week. Seven other significant (a bit less major than “material weaknesses”) deficiencies were discovered relating to KHRIS.

Big problems involving:

• Reconciliation procedures to ensure payroll data is compiled accurately and complies with laws and regulations
• Training and information for human resources personnel
• Processes that could lead the system to incorrectly calculate and report deductions, inconsistently calculate pay rates and erroneously state information on pay stubs
• Security of sensitive data

“The findings in the audit related to KHRIS demonstrate the need for continued scrutiny and oversight by the Personnel Cabinet, which failed to perform necessary testing prior to the system’s launch,” Edelen said.

One of the major problems is something Todd Hollenbach has pretended isn’t an issue at all.

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