Reining In Out-of-Control Spending

As New Jersey copes with its increasing budget woes, perhaps the Legislature should consider several measures that would help reduce out-of-control spending: unannounced audits and the elimination or transformation of pension credit for part-time government work.

A bill sponsored by Assemblyman Jon Bramnick (R) currently languishing in the State Legislature, A-222, would require the Office of the State Auditor to perform unannounced audits of any program of a State or State-supported agency as long as such an audit is requested by any member of the Legislature.

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