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Lewis Moten: Materials for Our Data Review Discussion
A reply to the WCFAC chair explaining my custom data-analysis workflow, limits of automation without stable county data access, and rationale for separating policy concerns into a broader supervisory discussion, while keeping this exchange focused on tools, methods, and transparent financial analysis. Read More
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Richard Jamieson: Materials for Our Data Review Discussion
A follow-up email from the chair of the Warren County Finance Audit Committee responding to my data analysis work. It acknowledges the tools I built, asks about automation, repeatability, and analytical methods, and reflects continued dialogue on audit practices and transparency following a public meeting. Read More
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Lewis Moten: Materials for Our Data Review Discussion
An email sent to the chair of the Warren County Finance Audit Committee outlining the tools, methods, and datasets used to analyze county financial records. It documents the technical context behind audit-related findings and a follow-up to a public meeting discussion. Read More
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Steps Toward Transparency
At the Nov. 11 BOS meeting, I thanked the board for addressing senior center issues and raised concerns about scanned cash, unreadable financial reports, and limited delinquent tax data. Supervisors later acknowledged the problems and agreed to review reporting formats at the December Finance/Audit Committee meeting. Read More
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A Tale of Two Vendors: Why the Ledger Raises New Questions
Recent ledger entries reveal payments to Vision Government Solutions that occurred before Board approval, used incorrect account codes, and exceeded documented contract amounts. Several high-value invoices lack visible authorization, raising questions about procurement compliance, timing, and the accuracy of the FY24 audit-delay report. Read More
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Fuel Report Discrepancies
I’ve been sitting in on the Warren County Finance/Audit Committee meetings since May of this year. I’ve been noticing a few things, writing notes, and just observing. I decided to go ahead and start digging into something that was bugging me. The fuel reports every month had a column that reported 0 MPG for many… Read More
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Encryption Anxiety
Encryption Anxiety I have setup my reports to communicate with XOR encryption. The algorithm is weaker than anything I’ve worked with before. I want to find an open-source license free encryption algorithm that I may use. XOR just isn’t cutting Read More
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Simple Encryption in Second Life
Simple Encryption in Second Life I’ve been working with methods to encrypt data being passed around my objects for the visitor reports with a symmetric cipher. The closest method available that Linden Lab provides is an XOR function. It is Read More
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Asking the questions myself
Asking the questions myself In preparation for this weekends live podcast event on visitor counters, I’ve started building up this desire for custom reports and more control. I started playing around with the idea in-world today of building my own Read More