By Tim Smith
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COLUMBIA -- A yearlong management audit of the state Department
of Transportation will be released today, and highway commissioners
are expected to discuss it publicly later, commissioners said.
The 60-page audit report, expected to be a critical examination
of DOT's spending and management, already has been discussed
privately by the commissioners. Legislative Audit Council reports,
by law, cannot be disclosed publicly until their official release.
DOT Chairman Tee Hooper of Greenville said the board will meet
after Thanksgiving. He said it's up to other board members whether
they want to discuss it and take any action.
"I anticipate that there will be discussion about the audit at
our next commission meeting," he said.
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Commissioner Hugh Atkins of Spartanburg said he believes the
report will be discussed publicly.
"We'll probably do some of that discussion in private because
it's involving personnel, but I'm sure we'll do some in public
also," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, we'll insist on trying to
correct all the deficiencies that we can. Other than that at this
point, I couldn't comment."
Lawmakers requested the audit last year following allegations by
Hooper of mismanagement at the giant agency.
Hooper told DOT Executive Director Elizabeth Mabry at last
month's commission meeting that he thought she should resign.
Mabry fired back, sending a letter to newspapers accusing Hooper
of attempting to wreck the agency for political purposes. She also
held a news conference at which subordinates gave slide shows taking
issue with news stories about the DOT. |
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