From the Indianapolis Star:
The State Budget Committee on Friday will begin reviewing a second programming mistake made by the Department of Revenue that short-changed local governments more than $200 million over 14 months.
But the bipartisan committee -- which includes four lawmakers and the governor's budget director -- is not expected to act immediately to hire an independent auditor.
Instead, the group is likely to gather more information about the incident -- and an earlier problem the administration of Gov. Mitch Daniels disclosed in December -- before moving forward with the audit.
"I don't think you're going to see a decision," said Sen. Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, a member of the Budget Committee. "The question is whether this is indicative of a deeper technology problem, or a deeper audit problem. Or is it the result of a management issue? Until we found out the answers to those questions, I'm not sure how far we want to go."
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