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Time running out for SC lawmakers on ethics reform

...years of failed attempts by her predecessor, Mark Sanford.The bill breaks up the little-understood Budget and Control Board and assigns many of its duties to a new agency in the governor's Cabinet, with responsibilities including fleet...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-04-27/time-running-out-sc-lawm
SC Supreme Court to hear lawsuit against treasurer

...Before the Legislature created the commission in 2005, investments were managed by the treasurer and the Budget and Control Board. That five-member financial oversight board, which includes Loftis, attempted to resolve the dispute last summer...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-04-12/sc-supreme-court-hear-lawsuit-again
High court: Return premiums to S.C. state employees

...Court on Wednesday ordered the South Carolina Budget and Control Board to return state employee health insurance premiums that...right decision that it was clear that the Budget and Control Board ... did not have the authority to pass this cost on...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-24/high-court-return-premiums-sc
SC lawmakers try to prevent new security breach

...cover at least one year of additional monitoring, as well as any cybersecurity improvements approved by the Budget and Control Board.A $3 million contract the board awarded to Deloitte & Touche out of Raleigh, N.C., took effect Friday. Its...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-23/sc-lawmakers-try-prevent-new-
South Carolina budget panel wants to shift funds to roads

...data of 6.4 million residents and businesses was stolen from the state's tax collection agency.The Budget and Control Board, which Haley chairs, approved a $20 million loan from insurance reserves in December to cover contracts she and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-02-19/sc-budget-panel-wants-shift-funds-r
S.C. officials unsure how to pay for response to hacking

...determined."Possibilities include asking the Budget and Control Board for permission to run a deficit for the fiscal year...rather than just having an unaccountable Budget and Control Board recognize a deficit."Revenue spokeswoman Samantha...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-12-02/sc-officials-unsure-how-
$12 million hacking contract signed 2 days after initial call, Experian rep says

...only about 5 percent would likely do so ? meaning a less than $4 million profit for the company.The Budget and Control Board on Wednesday approved a $20 million loan request for the Revenue Department to pay for the state's response. In...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-12-13/12-million-hacking-contract-s
Haley says DeMint's replacement in Senate must be a fighter

...are never going to find someone as conservative and staunch as Jim DeMint," Haley told reporters after a Budget and Control Board meeting."What I do think we'll find is someone who very much understands the state of South Carolina."Haley...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-12-12/haley-says-demints-replacemen
SC House party leaders: Cyber security, ethics and election law top agenda

...Democrats will again seek to expand early childhood education. Their agenda also includes fighting to undo the Budget and Control Board's decision last August to increase state employees' health insurance premiums. The 3-2 decision, led by Haley...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-01-03/sc-house-party-leaders-cyber-
Revenue Department hacking to influence restructuring of S.C.'s government

...Proposals to abolish the Budget and Control Board and transfer many of its duties...little-understood Budget and Control Board and bring an end to the powerful...were bailed out by the Budget and Control Board, which the governor chairs...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-01-07/revenue-department-hacking-in