Auditor: OHA falls short on its obligations
The
Advertiser
reports
that, "After 25 years of operation, the Office
of Hawaiian Affairs is still run like a fledgling agency, with no master plan
and questionable accounting of its more than $300 million in assets, the state
auditor said yesterday."The main
findings are the failure to develop a master plan, a poorly planned
reorganization in 2001 that created staffing problems, and lack of adequate
accounting control over its finances, including the need for tighter control
over the Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund.
OHA's administrator, Clyde Numu'o,
"bristled at the report's language, saying it overstates the audit's findings
and ignores many good things the agency has accomplished in recent
years.""Lela Hubbard, founder of the
Hawaiian sovereignty group Na Koa Ikaika and a sometimes OHA critic, said the
agency has improved in recent
years."UPDATE
4/29: The
Star-Bulletin
has the story
today:"A state audit slams the Office
of Hawaiian Affairs for its 'casual administration' of funds and a business loan
program, and for failing to have a 'comprehensive plan' to better serve native
Hawaiians."
Posted: Thu - April 28, 2005 at 07:01 AM
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