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ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 06, 2006
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Randy Potts, chief of security for
Nevada's
Department of Information Technology, has been charged with
theft,
embezzlement and falsifying records.
The Nevada Attorney General's Office began an investigation
after
Potts filed claims seeking $1,757 in reimbursement for
expenses
incurred while attending a homeland security conference last
year in
Denver.
According to the criminal complaint issued Thursday, Potts
obtained
permission to attend the four-day conference that began last
Nov. 29
after submitting a flier about it to department Director
Terry Savage.
But the conference actually was held in April 2005, the
complaint
alleges.
Potts is accused of falsifying information in his request to
attend
the conference and of altering the date on the flier
submitted to
Savage.
Potts has been on administrative leave since the formal
investigation
began in March.
Potts has worked for the department for about three years,
and has
done an excellent job improving cyber-security for state
agencies,
Savage said.
Savage said he would talk with the attorney general's
office to
determine what course of action he would take concerning
Potts' job
future.
"I hope to resolve that issue next week," Savage
told the Nevada
Appeal.
When questioned about the expenses, Potts submitted a
two-page memo
citing meetings with Colorado's chief information security
officer and
the Colorado Information Management Commission.
But the memo did not mention anything about the homeland
security
meeting he used to justify the trip in the first place,
Savage said.
The money approved to pay for the trip came from a federal
homeland
security grant designated for use only on homeland security
awareness
training.
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