11.   But DCF also took too long to update the Medicaid database when a recipient died, the auditor found.

12.   But even within that group, government auditors found, the experience of hospitals differed.

13.   But DCF also took too long to verify the death with a relative and then update the Medicaid database, the auditor found.

14.   But the auditors still found noncompliance with some laws and policies.

15.   Federal auditors also found progress at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which received high marks for correcting problems in its community development programs.

16.   Federal auditors have found that the Forest Service frequently fails to assess, prevent or correct environmental damage from logging on the national forests.

17.   Government auditors found that the school did not provide its students enough instructional time to qualify for much of the federal loans and grants.

18.   He suggests auditors find a way to share at least some of the information they already provide to the audit committee.

19.   Instead, federal election auditors have found, it communicated specific electioneering messages that directly benefited the Clinton-Gore re-election candidacy.

20.   Inevitably, in at least a few states, federal money will be spent in silly ways, and auditors will find evidence of mismanagement.