Yes, we need to fix the culture of Department of Human Services, and that will be tough

By: Chuck Johnson

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: April 14, 2026

Words: 988

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Tim O’Malley, who did a deep dive and then wrote a report for Gov. Tim Walz on program integrity, has called for culture change in state agencies as a critical step to address the current fraud crisis.

He observed that state agency culture is built around services and meeting the needs of customers, often at the expense of program integrity.

He’s right. I can’t speak specifically about other agencies, but I spent …

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