WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week. * * * Advisory Opinions Draft Advisory Opinions Advisory Opinion Request 2024-04 (Independence Blue Cross LLC Political Action Committee) (https://www.fec.gov/data/legal/advisory-opinions/2024-04/) On April 24, the Commission made public a draft advisory opinion. Advisory Opinion Request 2024-05  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-02-23-01017) on April 1, 2024, entitled "New York Generally Identified and Corrected Duplicate Children's Health Insurance Plan Payments Made to Managed Care Organizations" filed under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Here are excerpts: * * * Report in Brief Why OIG Did This Audit Previous OIG audits identified Federal Medicaid reimbursement for managed care payme  more

ALBANY, New York, April 28 -- The office of the New York State Comptroller issued the following audit report (No. 2024M-6) on April 26, 2024, entitled "Town of DeWitt - Planning and Zoning and Recreation Departments' Collections." Here are excerpts: * * * Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of DeWitt (Town) officials effectively managed the Planning and Zoning, and Recreation Departments' cash collections. * * * Key Findings Town officials did not effectively manage the Planning   more

ALBANY, New York, April 28 -- The office of the New York State Comptroller issued the following audit report (No. 2022M-182) on April 26, 2024, entitled "Village of Unadilla - Procurement." Here are excerpts: * * * Audit Objective Determine whether Village of Unadilla (Village) officials used a competitive process to procure goods and services. * * * Key Findings Village officials did not always use a competitive process when purchasing goods or services, as required by New York State G  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement issued the following order (No. 4499) on April 26, 2024: * * * In the Matter of EDWARD F. HACKERT, CPA ORDER POSTPONING PROCEEDING On January 18, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order instituting proceedings ("OIP") against Edward F. Hackert, CPA, pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act of 1933, Sections 4C and 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Commis  more