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Digital equity groups say Commerce Department owes $3.6 million in reimbursements

Tears of frustration welled behind Sharonne Navas' glasses, her shoulders slumped slightly forward. "Even up until this week, I was just like, ‘Well, no. It's the government. They have to pay,'" she ...
The Olympian

Scathing audit: WA program neglected basic ‘tenets of government accountability’

Auditor Pat McCarthy found major oversight failures in Digital Navigator Program. Jan. 27 performance audit flagged $11M in reimbursements lacking sufficient documentation. Commerce leadership pledged ...
KREM

Washington audit faults ‘pervasive failures’ in Digital Navigator Program

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A state audit has found “pervasive failures” in Washington’s Digital Navigator Program, an initiative intended to connect underserved communities to the internet. The now-defunct ...
komonews

Waste Watch: How much does Washington state spend on studies and reports?

SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has canceled a multimillion-dollar grant program after KOMO News first highlighted how millions of taxpayer dollars were disbursed with very little oversight.
The Olympian

Digital equity groups say Commerce Department owes $3.6 million in reimbursements

Digital equity groups claim Commerce owes $3.6M in unpaid grant reimbursements. Two audits found Commerce lacked oversight, approved unsupported payments. Delays forced nonprofits to furlough staff, ...