Baltimore Audit Finds a Bigger Problem Than Any Single Finding: Weak Controls Across the City
Baltimore’s 2025 Single Audit points to a broader problem than any one accounting error or compliance issue. Across the city’s finances, auditors repeatedly found the same underlying weaknesses: late reviews of account balances, fragmented responsibilities across departments, weak monitoring, and internal controls that failed to catch problems before year-end. Those breakdowns affected everything from cash and grant reporting to utility billing and cybersecurity.
READ MOREPRESS RELEASE: Truth in Accounting Joins FOX45, WJLA, and The Baltimore Sun to Show Marylanders the Full Cost of Government
Truth in Accounting, a nonpartisan nonprofit that has analyzed government financial reports since 2002, today announced a joint effort with The Baltimore Sun and Sinclair Broadcast Group stations FOX45 in Baltimore and WJLA in Washington, D.C., including the Spotlight on Maryland investigative unit. The collaboration will examine Maryland’s finances from the State House to every county and Baltimore City over time, using governments’ own audited numbers, not campaign talking points.
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