Security News > 2009 > October > Montgomery Planner Tried To Hinder Audit, Report Finds

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/10/12/ST2009101200662.html By Miranda S. Spivack Washington Post Staff Writer October 12, 2009 Montgomery County's planning director tried to block an investigation of his spending practices and those of his agency, according to a report by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The audit report details instances in which Montgomery Planning Director Rollin Stanley "failed to fully cooperate" with requests for information, delayed auditors' interviews with staff members and provided "misleading and contradictory information." The report says Stanley lacked "high ethical and professional standards." The report, provided late Friday to The Washington Post in response to a public records request, says Stanley had improperly used his government credit card, paid too much for some meals and failed to properly document his spending. Some sections of the audit were deleted because they related to proprietaryinformation about computer security, officials said. "The unwillingness to cooperate," the report says, delayed the investigation of a computer firewall purchase, credit card usage and other agency practices and could encourage other employees to withhold information from auditors. Such behavior sends "a wrong message throughout the department." [...] ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.org

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