Audit blasts management of capital budget in Alexandria (Va.) district

From The Washington Post: The Alexandria (Va.) school system’s management of its capital improvement budget is “dysfunctional,” resulting in “significant internal weaknesses in monitoring ... financial transactions,” according to an independent audit report. The audit, commissioned after school administrators and city officials became aware last summer of millions of dollars worth of unpaid bills and unauthorized change orders, also said upper-level managers were aware of the problems before they became public, but did not correct them. In addition, a facilities staff member ran his own contracting business, worked for a contractor that does work for the schools and hired that contractor to work on his own residence.