Day: April 16, 2013

State Roundup, April 16, 2013

State officials seek federal funds to aid in building Red and Purple lines even as MTA hopes for P3 for Red Line; Speaker Busch ponders tax cuts for the next session; first lady heads to Annapolis for a veterans bill signing; Baltimore and Arundel counties OK storm water fees; former U.S. Sen. Tydings talks gun control, the NRA and what happened to his political career; meanwhile, new legislation has some gun owners worried that they won’t be able to buy weapons; cost of Gov. O’Malley’s Super Bowl security was $5,627; PSC to hear Pepco rate increase proposal; and state GOP scores a coup, will bring U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, former VP candidate, to June fund-raiser.

State credit cards at university used to dodge purchasing rules, auditors find

One department at the University of Maryland Baltimore was found to have misused state-issued credit cards to dodge purchasing rules, and four people were using two credit cards issued to only two people, according to state auditors.

An audit report released Monday said purchases made on these two corporate purchasing cards, which had monthly limits of $400,000 or more, “were artificially split in order to bypass formal procurement policies,” which generally require competitive bids for purchases over $5,000.

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