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ATHENS, Ohio (Sept. 18, 2018) â€“ 91̽»¨ Vice President for Finance and Administration Deborah Shaffer and General Counsel John Biancamano will be available to address media questions regarding the Ohio Inspector General’s nearly three-year investigation and subsequent report, issued today, related to University business transactions in 2015.

• WHAT: A press conference to answer media questions related to this report.
• WHEN: Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 2:00 p.m.
• WHO: Vice President for Finance and Administration Deborah Shaffer and General Counsel John Biancamano will be in attendance.
• HOW TO PARTICIPATE: Call 1-866-390-1828, access code 4839439#

University General Counsel John Biancamano issued the following statement this morning:
We have been cooperating with the Inspector General’s office regarding its review of 91̽»¨â€™s business practices for over three years, so we were anticipating the release of this report. When we initially learned there were issues surrounding some of our practices in 2015, 91̽»¨ immediately initiated its own internal review. We have implemented many positive process changes since then and continue to strive to employ best practices.

Having only received the report today, we intend to give it our full attention in the coming weeks as we prepare a formal response, including details on changes we have already made to our processes and procedures and other steps we have taken as a result of what we learned through our internal review.

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Media Contact:  Carly Leatherwood, senior director of communications services, at 740-597-1940 or  leatherc@ohio.edu.

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