Multiple state agency and department heads appeared before the NC House Oversight Committee Thursday to brief lawmakers on their respective landscapes and efforts to find and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse within their programs. The hearings come as state lawmakers gear up for biennial budget negotiations. The purpose of the hearings with agency heads is...
NC House Oversight Committee co-chairs Reps. Harry Warren, R-Rowan, and Jake Johnson, R-Polk, are among the primary sponsors of a bill to clawback half a billion dollars in state taxpayer funds from NCInnovation (NCI), a private nonprofit founded to help commercialize more public university research in the state.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee heard testimony Tuesday from Bennet Waters, chief executive officer of NCInnovation, as lawmakers attempt to wrap their heads around the details of a project for which they already appropriated taxpayer money.
Next week's testimony marks the first real public examination of NCInnovation since the appropriation of $500 million in state taxpayer funds, as lawmakers seek answers about NCI's legislative reporting, use of state funds, and more.
