NC agencies pay millions for contract work

[Disir]

Earlier this year a legislative unit that evaluates public services found that agencies are using the contracts to evade oversight. The contracts, which cost the state an average of $22 million a year over the past five years, have been so misused that they should be eliminated, according to its report.

The Program Evaluation Division report, which was released in February and forms the basis of a bill under consideration in the General Assembly, found state agencies are:

▪ Compensating contractors too generously, in some cases at hourly rates greater than the average annual salary of the state’s top executives.

▪ Keeping contractors on the payroll for several years instead of using them temporarily or occasionally.

▪ Breaking the law by circumventing oversight.

NC agencies pay millions for contract work News Observer News Observer

That is just ridiculous. That's why there is no money.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

22 million isn't money, even in that shithole of America. You guys suck at math.

 

[Disir]

Here's the info.
Database NC personal services contracts News Observer News Observer

 

[whitehall]

It's not the contracts that are a problem. States have to contract out lots of stuff like cleaning services and road maintenance among other things. The problem seems to be with government oversight. Multiply the lack of oversight in N.C. by about a thousand times and you get a feel for the bureaucracy in the federal government.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

And their budget? 43,800 million.

You guys suck at math.

 

[2aguy]

Earlier this year a legislative unit that evaluates public services found that agencies are using the contracts to evade oversight. The contracts, which cost the state an average of $22 million a year over the past five years, have been so misused that they should be eliminated, according to its report.

The Program Evaluation Division report, which was released in February and forms the basis of a bill under consideration in the General Assembly, found state agencies are:

▪ Compensating contractors too generously, in some cases at hourly rates greater than the average annual salary of the state’s top executives.

▪ Keeping contractors on the payroll for several years instead of using them temporarily or occasionally.

▪ Breaking the law by circumventing oversight.

NC agencies pay millions for contract work News Observer News Observer

That is just ridiculous. That's why there is no money.

No...what we need to do is raise taxes even higher to make more money to give to these same corrupt people because obviously the money we gave them so far isn't enough to compensate for their greed, waste and corruption.....so raise taxes and give that money to these guys.....obviously they need twice the 22 million they were given...since so much of it is taken by waste and corruption............right? Isn't that how we deal with these problems now......give them even more money.....raise taxes even higher....and give it to the same people who screwed up in the first place.....?

 

[Disir]

It's not the contracts that are a problem. States have to contract out lots of stuff like cleaning services and road maintenance among other things. The problem seems to be with government oversight. Multiply the lack of oversight in N.C. by about a thousand times and you get a feel for the bureaucracy in the federal government.

Lawn care and cleaning services are defined differently:
Here is the actual report
http://osbm.nc.gov/files/pdf_files/PersonalServicesContracts_FY2013-14.pdf

 

[Disir]

Earlier this year a legislative unit that evaluates public services found that agencies are using the contracts to evade oversight. The contracts, which cost the state an average of $22 million a year over the past five years, have been so misused that they should be eliminated, according to its report.

The Program Evaluation Division report, which was released in February and forms the basis of a bill under consideration in the General Assembly, found state agencies are:

▪ Compensating contractors too generously, in some cases at hourly rates greater than the average annual salary of the state’s top executives.

▪ Keeping contractors on the payroll for several years instead of using them temporarily or occasionally.

▪ Breaking the law by circumventing oversight.

NC agencies pay millions for contract work News Observer News Observer

That is just ridiculous. That's why there is no money.

No...what we need to do is raise taxes even higher to make more money to give to these same corrupt people because obviously the money we gave them so far isn't enough to compensate for their greed, waste and corruption.....so raise taxes and give that money to these guys.....obviously they need twice the 22 million they were given...since so much of it is taken by waste and corruption............right? Isn't that how we deal with these problems now......give them even more money.....raise taxes even higher....and give it to the same people who screwed up in the first place.....?

Sure. Go ahead raise taxes, like property taxes, right after we see exactly how many hospitals and other non-profits are not paying taxes and demand they do.