| Casey audit blisters PennDOT (639 words) |
 | Purchases defined as "questionable" and "excessive" include cases of custom-made candies, 500 toy ducks with the PennDOT logo, 175 small battery-operated fans, gift baskets sent to Texas, a $510 custom-made pair of scissors for a ribbon-cutting and a bar stool bought at Wal-Mart. |
| Of $369,022 in gift, novelty, award and souvenir purchases that the auditor general's office selected for review, $252,116, or 68 percent, were deemed questionable or excessive. |
| At his news conference today, Casey is expected to call upon Rendell and PennDOT to immediately reform the state's purchase card program, which he says has cost taxpayers $500 million since its inception in the 1996-97 fiscal year. |
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