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??New York Times??: “U.S. Demands Newark Return $6.9 Million in Housing Aid”:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/16/nyregion/16newark.htm

In their third blistering review since April, federal housing officials criticized the Newark Housing Authority yesterday for paying the City of Newark $6.9 million in federal money to add police and health services at its apartment buildings and then failing to document whether the residents ever received the extra aid.

I don’t get it: how does a public agency — especially one designed to serve the needs of people in poverty — _fail an audit_? In my industry (I work in the public sector), failing an audit because you’ve misappropriated several millions of dollars often means that somebody goes to prison.