Florida CFO Jeff Atwater pushing for contracting reform
By: William E. Lewis Jr. (Diary) | February 4th at 06:39 AM |
Since first elected Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, Jeff Atwater, (R-FL) has advocated for reforms in the state contracting system. In a system that spends more than $50 billion of taxpayer dollars annually, Atwater announced Thursday that he has increased transparency via the Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System or ‘FACTS’ and accountability through the audit last fiscal year of 600 contracts and grant agreements. Now Atwater is asking the legislature | Read More »
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CFO Jeff Atwater announces new effort to combat fraud
By: William E. Lewis Jr. (Diary) | February 4th at 06:34 AM |
At the quarterly meeting of the Medicaid and Public Assistance Fraud Strike Force on Wednesday, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Department of Children and Families (DCF) Secretary David Wilkins announced the results of a study commissioned by the Strike Force to measure fraud in the Florida’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—a federal program run according to guidelines mandated by the federal government. Compiled by ERS Group, the study found a 7.5 percent rate | Read More »
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