Delaware Auditor Finds 2023-2025 Dual Employment Violations, Citing 15 Cases Blocked by University of Delaware
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Updated · 1150AM/101.7FM WDEL · Aug 11
Delaware Auditor Finds 2023-2025 Dual Employment Violations, Citing 15 Cases Blocked by University of Delaware
2 articles · Updated · 1150AM/101.7FM WDEL · Aug 11
Summary
Fiscal 2023-2025 audit findings show Delaware still lacks centralized oversight to enforce its Dual Employment Law, leaving continued risk of unlawful double payment for overlapping taxpayer-funded work hours.
Auditors said roadblocks prevented a full compliance assessment, with the University of Delaware withholding records under its pre-May 2026 view that it was not statutorily covered.
That scope limitation affected testing for 15 people, including six state representatives, two state senators and former Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long.
The Office of Management and Budget disputed all findings in full or in part, but Auditor Lydia York said those disagreements did not refute the audit's conclusions.
York called this her second audit—not the last—saying some entities and the Public Integrity Commission improved, but the state remains far from full compliance with the 1986 law.