The State Inspector General’s Annual Report of Fraud Conducted by Executive Branch State Employees Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-2016

The SIG identifies Executive Branch employee fraud through mandatory reporting by each agency; law enforcement reporting; agencies’ annual reports to the Office of the Comptroller General; and open source reporting. In FY 2015-2016, the SIG received twelve notifications of fraud involving 18 Executive Branch employees at ten statewide agencies, which resulted in estimated losses of $1,188,529. This indicates a low risk of employee fraud in the Executive Branch given its $26 billion budget and 60,000 employees.

Executive order no. 2016-12

This executive order by Governor Nikki R. Haley grants leave with pay to state employees in Greenville, Lancaster and Spartanburg counties who were absent from work as directed on February 15, 2016 and February 16, 2016, due to the closing of state offices caused by hazardous weather conditions.

Executive order no. 2016-19

This executive order by Governor Nikki Haley grants leave with pay to state employees in certain counties absent from work due to the hazardous weather on September 2, 2016.

Executive order no. 2016-40

This executive order by Governor Nikki R. Haley grants leave with pay to state employees abser.t from work as directed on Wednesday, October 5, 2016, Thursday, October 6, 2016, and Friday, October 7, 2016 as a result of the State of Emergency.

Executive order no. 2016-41

This executive order by Governor Nikki R. Haley grants leave with pay to state employees absent from work as directed from Saturday, October 8, 2016 through Wednesday, October 12, 2016 as a result of the hazardous weather conditions.

Review of Two Issues at the Long-Term Commitment Facilities, Department of Juvenile Justice: 1)Safety Threat to Employees & Juveniles; and 2)Event Reporting Process Integrity Allegations

The Legislative Oversight Committee of the South Carolina House of Representatives, referred allegations pertaining to the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) which were generated during its ongoing oversight study of DJJ. Specifically, the safety issues focused on lack of control; lack of trust; and lack of adequate staffing. This review’s scope and objectives were: Investigate specific complainant allegations of DJJ employees underreporting, misreporting, or destroying ERs; Review the efficiency and effectiveness of DJJ’s event reporting process and follow-up on anomalies or potential patterns of systemic underreporting, misreporting, or missing ERs; and Assess juvenile and employee safety conditions through interviewing a cross-section of relevant employees, record review, and possibly an employee survey.