PHOENIX — The federal government has chosen Arizona as one of 16 states it will audit for its use of stimulus money.
The ongoing audits by the General Accounting Office will track the use of the extra federal cash that already is beginning to flow to the state. A nine-member audit team led by Eileen Larence is already in the state and has met with departments that will benefit from the stimulus dollars. Those include the Housing Department, Education Department and the Department of Economic Security.
Larence says a consistent theme auditors have heard is that there is confusion and curiosity about the federal stimulus law’s requirements.
Arizona stands to get about $4.2 billion over the two-year life of the stimulus.