Internal audit could have prevented wasteful spending by North Carolina DOT

Published August 11, 2020 2:00pm ET



A lack of internal auditing led to the budget and cash flow problems at the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), a new legislative report found.

Despite having the second-largest internal audit unit in the state, NCDOT’s Office of Inspector General has not completed a performance audit since 2016, according to an evaluation report completed by the General Assembly’s Program Evaluation Division.

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