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Missouri DOC Targeted by State Auditors
Loaded on May 15, 2010
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2010, page 28
On September 28, 2009, Missouri State Auditor, Susan Montee, released the results of an audit recently conducted by her office targeting the State’s DOC. The audit focused primarily on the three years ending June 30, 2008 and was intended as a tool to evaluate (l) the DOC’s internal controls over ...
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