Audit finds 'inconsistencies' in Commerce's handling or COVID funds - The Sentinel

Audit finds 'inconsistencies' in Commerce's handling or COVID funds - The Sentinel

A new audit by the Kansas Department of Legislative Post Audit has found that the Kansas Department of Commerce did not consistently follow its own rules in awarding COVID funds. According to the report, the Building a Stronger Economy 1.0 grant program (or BASE 1.0) awarded almost $100 million in federal funds to Kansas entities for infrastructure development. Commerce received 445 BASE 1.0 grant applications requesting a total of about $1.7 bi…