WA auditors find digital equity grant improperly disbursed
Washington state auditors say the state Commerce Department gave out $10.7 million in grant money without proper oversight.
An audit found the main contractor on a digital equity grant got most of those millions as an advance—rather than being reimbursed for expenditures as required.
Auditors also found that most of the 10-point-7 million the Commerce Department paid the Equity in Education Center did not have proper documentation showing what it paid for, said auditor Sadie Armijo…