This… government corruption involves improper reimbursement of expenses incurred by David J. Ernst, former chief of information technology services for the California State University system. Ernst’s reimbursements included trips to Shanghai, Melbourne, London and Amsterdam. The total reimbursement — which involved traveling expenses, expensive dinners for cronies and enormous transportation costs — amounted to more than $150,000 over three years. Ernst’s comments to the media include, "As with many such reports, the issues in this audit are much more complex than they may appear on first reading." Prior to the audit’s release, Ernst took a similar job with the University of California system. After results of the audit were released, employees in the UC rightly called for Ernst to reimburse the CSU and for the UC to fire him.

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by Staff, The Daily 49er.

Posted: December 7th, 2009, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.