February 6, 2013; Nat Rudarakanchana; VTDigger
State Auditor Doug Hoffer is sharpening up his pencil to review transportation, corrections, and state cell phone contracts, he announced early Wednesday, listing details about his office’s priorities. Hoffer, a Democrat, was sworn in to his new job Jan. 10.
Several of the contracts Hoffer is targeting involve large amounts of state dollars. Hoffer said he will audit the Correct Care Solutions contract at the Corrections Department, a personal services contract under which a private firm provides health care for inmates.
The point of the performance audit is to see if there’s effective oversight of the firm’s performance; the contract is valued at $53 million over three years.
Hoffer said the previous firm which handled the contract, Prison Health Services, had problems, with an inmate dying in August 2009 after medication was withheld.