State requests change to 2020 audit after Treasury review of Iowa’s use of COVID funds

By: Robin Opsahl

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: June 24, 2026

Words: 730

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago

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The Iowa Department of Management is asking the state auditor’s office to amend a report that found Gov. Kim Reynolds had improperly used federal COVID-19 relief funds to pay for staff in 2020 after the U.S. Treasury Department determined this finding was unsustained.

Kraig Paulsen, the director of the Department of Management, sent a letter Wednesday asking Auditor Rob Sand to amend the Iowa’s Fiscal Year 2020 Statewide Single Audit Report to reflect the new …

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