“It was big pot of federal stimulus money aimed at jump-starting the state’s economy, but an audit of a weatherization program found only a fraction of the $119 million allocated to New Jersey has been spent, and some of that went to unreasonable expenditures.

“The audit by the New Jersey Office of Legislative Services (OLS) found the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) failed to manage the program effectively, did not complete required inspections and did not document program costs in some areas.

“In fact, despite the allocation of $64 million to 23 local and community weatherization agencies, the audit found only $8.7 million in total expenditures was reported by the agencies. The federal government provided the money through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the program enacted by the Obama administration and Congress as part of a stimulus to help the economy rebound from a deep recession.”