Accounting and Auditing

If Fort Lauderdale's $340 million bet on pension obligation bonds blows up, the commissioners responsible for the decision can't say they weren't warned. But by the time the long-term balance sheet gets tallied in 20 years, all the current Fort......

It's still early, but rookie Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie is doing a lot of good things -- and saying the right things -- when it comes to running the troubled Broward school district. Latest example: Turning an expensive boondoggle......

So, Gov. Scott -- and his anemic approval ratings -- are lifting a page from the Bob Graham playbook by working in Regular Folks jobs, starting with a stint this morning at a Tampa doughnut shop. Former governor and U.S.......

The scandal-plagued Palm Beach County Commission is trying to figure out what to do with the board???s internal auditor now that a new countywide inspector general is in place. Budget cuts are trimming the number of employees from 12 to......

A new Palm Beach County hotline unveiled Monday allows people to report suspected fraud, waste or mismanagement by guardians of the elderly, children or incapacitated. Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller Sharon Bock launched the guardianship fraud...

Another public workshop on the North Broward Hospital District's decision to reorganize and privatize the Broward Health system will be held 2-4 p.m. today (Wednesday) at Coral Springs Medical Center, 3100 Coral Hills Drive. Two other workshops will be...

I've spent the last month criticizing North Broward Hospital District commissioners for their hasty and ill-informed decision to authorize the privatization of the tax-subsidized Broward Health system. Thankfully, a few open-minded commissioners have...

As if corruption arrests of two school board members and an ongoing state grand jury probe weren't enough, now comes the latest embarrassment for the Broward school district: a scathing federal audit that questions $15 million in disaster aid spending.......

by Frank James If you want to read a disturbing tale of how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac used their clout in Washington to try to brush back their critics like pitchers throwing at the heads of batters, check out......

by Frank James ACORN haters, including the John McCain's presidential campaign and Republicans across the nation, have more ammunition today to fire at their version of Moby Dick, New York Times report on an internal probe by a lawyer working......

Yesterday, Nassau GOP Senate candidate Barbara Donno put out an ad attacking Dem Craig Johnson because the law firm where he words was sued in 2005 for (allegedly) giving inadequate advice to the Roslyn school district during the embezzlement......

by Frank James Investors who apparently lost billions of dollars in Wall Street broker Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme weren't the only big losers. The Securities and Exchange Commission was staggered by the revelation, as it was once......