The most recent audit for Illinois through the Federal Audit Clearinghouse shows the state receiving opinions of either severe or specific material weaknesses over handling of various federal taxpayer-funded programs. In the state’s comprehensive financial audit for fiscal year 2023, there were adverse opinions for the Crime Victim Assistance Fund and the COVID-19 Homeowner Assistance Fund Program, a repeated finding for that program for failure to monitor subrecipient cash draws and failure to establish subrecipient monitoring procedures.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
The most recent audit released is 2023? Are they still working on making receipts and paper trails for 2024 and 2025?
Send the DOJ into IL to arrest these fraudsters.