Chương 2 Hawai `i Tổng cục Du lịch Enabled Hawai` i Khách thăm Văn phòng Công ước Khai thác tài trợ hợp đồng Nhà nước Hawai `i Tổng cục Du lịch đã kết thúc nhiều năm hợp đồng trị giá hơn $ 150 triệu với` Hawai i Số người truy cập và Hội nghị Văn phòng (HVCB) Hawai thị trường `i du khách giải trí và kinh doanh. Một đánh giá của chính quyền quản lý hợp đồng và kiểm soát nội bộ tiết lộ rằng cơ quan không để bảo vệ vốn nhà nước được phân bổ cho các nỗ lực. | Chapter 2 The Hawai i Tourism Authority Enabled the Hawai i Visitors Convention Bureau to Exploit State Contract Funding The Hawai i Tourism Authority recently ended two multi-year contracts valued over 150 million with the Hawai i Visitors Convention Bureau HVCB to market Hawai i to leisure and business travelers. A review of the authority s contract management and internal controls reveals that the authority failed to safeguard state funds allocated for these marketing efforts. Poorly written contracts and inadequate oversight by the authority resulted in HVCB s exploitation of state contract funds. With Hawai i facing a potential decline in visitor arrivals of percent from 2000 to 2002 it is critical that the moneys allocated to tourism marketing are spent wisely and those who spend it are held accountable for results. Ultimately the authority s failure to exert adequate controls allowed HVCB to run amok with state contract funds. Summary of Findings 1. Inadequate oversight by the Hawai i Tourism Authority provided the Hawai i Visitors Convention Bureau with a blank check to spend state funds for self-serving purposes. 2. The authority s failure to monitor and enforce its marketing contracts with the bureau leaves little assurance that million in state funds were effectively spent to promote Hawai i as a visitor destination. Inadequate Authority Oversight Provided the Hawai i Visitors Convention Bureau With a Blank Check to Benefit the Bureau The authority s inadequate oversight enabled HVCB to spend a disproportionate amount of state contract funds on its own organization and selected others rather than the state as a visitor destination. Specifically we found that HVCB significantly increased the number of its state-funded employees over the past three years although the amount of state funding for those three years remained relatively unchanged. HVCB also used state contract funds to pay for exorbitant bonuses and unnecessary severance packages for
