Auditors confirm BOG has finally fixed the numerous noncompliance problems in IG office

Former BOG Inspector General Derry Harper and current BOG Inspector General Joseph Maleszewski

Florida Auditor General Sherrill F. Norman recently confirmed that the Florida Board of Governors (BOG) has finally fixed the noncompliance problems in its Office of the Inspector General that led to a blistering state review in 2013.

Norman reported no findings on the 2015 quality assessment review for the BOG inspector general’s office. That was much different than what state auditors found two years earlier.

Back in 2013, Florida Auditor General David W. Martin scolded the BOG for “noncompliance with statutory requirements” in the review of its inspector general’s office. As part of that finding, he said the BOG failed to provide verification that then-BOG Inspector General Derry Harper had the educational qualifications required by Florida law.

On June 10, 2013, seven days after the date of then-BOG Chancellor Frank Brogan’s response to the preliminary report for that audit, the Tallahassee Democrat reported that Harper had resigned.

The BOG chancellor’s office has since hired Joseph Maleszewski as the new inspector general. The 2015 review by the state auditors didn’t raise any concerns about his educational qualifications.

The 2013 quality assessment review also stated that the BOG inspector general’s office was in noncompliance with Florida law through its failure to issue any audit reports for more than four years or develop “long-term audit plans.” Norman didn’t find any such problems in her 2015 report.

Read the full 2015 Florida auditor general quality assessment review of the BOG inspector general’s office here.