State Dollar Report

Today's Guest:   Glen B. Gainer III, West Virginia State Auditor

Topics:   Each year the State Auditor’s Office produces a report on the revenues and expenditures of state government for the prior fiscal year. Auditor Gainer talks about some of the financial activity included in the 2005 State Dollar. Topics discussed include: General Revenue, Special Revenue, Rainy Day Fund, West Virginia’s Economy, lottery revenue and the state budget. Auditor Gainer also explains the difference between general and special revenue as well as the use of the state purchasing card.



Today's Guest:   Todd Childers, CPA, Deputy State Auditor (former Director of Accounting)

Topics:   Todd Childers offered a training program for state employees on how to detect financial fraud in government. Ethics training was a focus of the State Auditor’s Payment Processing Seminar and the financial fraud class was included in the agenda. Todd talks about recent studies that have been done concerning government and business fraud.

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