A Performance Audit of the PA Dept

A Performance Audit of thePennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry’sPrevailing Wage ProgramFebruary 2002Auditor General Robert P. Casey, Jr.February 25, 2002The Honorable Mark S. SchweikerGovernorCommonwealth of Pennsylvania225 Main Capitol BuildingHarrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120Dear Governor Schweiker:This report contains the results of the Department of the Auditor General’sperformance audit of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry’s prevailingwage program for the period of July 1, 1998, through June 30, 2001. The audit wasconducted pursuant to Section 402 of The Fiscal Code and in accordance withGovernment Auditing Standards as issued by the Comptroller General of the UnitedStates.Our audit found that the Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) was seriouslydeficient in the operation of the prevailing wage program despite the requirements ofPennsylvania’s Prevailing Wage Act. In fact, it is questionable whether an actual“program” even exists, given L&I’s serious deficiencies in failing to maintain records,documents, or policies. As pointed out in Chapter Four of the report, L&I took everyopportunity to deliberately keep our auditors from performing their duties. L&Iconsistently implemented delaying tactics, refused to allow auditors to meet privatelywith staff, did not allow auditors to have access to original documents, and generallyattempted to prevent our auditors from performing their duties.As a result of these ...