Everybody has frustrations at work, but such frustrations are particularly acute for the employees of California’s Department of Community Services and Development (CSD), the agency that administers the state’s Weatherization Assistance Program, including weatherization activity funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. On July 11, the California Bureau of State Audits presented a report showing that the CSD was far behind in training workers in current auditing and weatherization procedures, and just as far behind in spending federal weatherization funds, which are allocated on a timetable by the Department of Energy.

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