Children Services on spending binge
The Los Angeles County agency charged with protecting the region's children has misspent millions of dollars on unnecessary and overpriced supplies, violated county spending limits, and has such a shoddy inventory program that it can't account for all its equipment, according to an audit released Tuesday. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.
In one incident, auditors said, the Department of Children and Family Services bought more than 3,000 toner cartridges for $800,000 in June 2006 - enough to last for three years.
Yet auditors noted that the agency still ordered an additional $450,000 in cartridges the same month, paying 15 percent more per cartridge.