The so-called savings were supposed to correspond to efficiency devolving from CMS, which now manages contracts and facilities previously handled by individual agencies. But the individual agencies had trouble identifying savings that trickled down to them.
So, money was kicked back that couldn’t be specifically tagged to a saving. It just had to be kicked back regardless of where it came.
This leads to this line:
His audits said “the use of appropriations for purposes other than those authorized by the General Assembly effectively negates a fundamental control established in state government.”
Actually, that understates the case, but auditors are the masters of the understatement.
Unfortunately, the audits are not available on-line.