On March 31, 2006, David A. Vaudt from the Auditor's Office for the State of Iowa released a report concerning an investigation of misuse of federal and state funds to pay excessive salaries and bonuses to three executive members at CIETC.
In 2006, David A. Vaudt, from the Auditor's Office in Iowa, published a report detailing an investigation into how federal and state funds were misused to pay high salaries and bonuses to three executives at CIETC.