USF last year had more than a dozen deficiencies and weaknesses in its financial operations, according to a just-released state audit that documents problems in areas such as travel reimbursements, cell phone use, the monitoring of vendors contracts, and the collection of student tuition.

The Florida Auditor General, in an operational audit for the budget year that ended in June, found USF was not fully complying with rules for employee cell phone use, travel expenses, and employees’ use of university purchasing cards.

USF administrators will discuss the audit and their response during a trustees meeting on the Tampa this morning.  The audit indicates USF officials have already addressed many of auditors’ concerns, with a goal of resolving them by this summer.