In a statement, Claudia Hutton, a spokeswoman for the department, said that officials there were committed to preventing Medicaid waste, but disputed some of the audits' conclusions.
But Dallas Jones, the emergency services director, criticized the audit's conclusion as "overstated and a misrepresentation".
In the case of a Wealth Squad audit, that conclusion is even more obvious.
Marriott and the Bloomberg administration sharply disputed the audit's conclusions.
Beverly Brooks, the chief executive of Safe Space, played down the audit's conclusions, characterizing them as differences of opinion among accountants.
The former mayor, Joseph Trudden, bristled at the audit's conclusions, saying he did nothing illegal or untoward with public money.
The Labor Department disputed the audit's conclusions in a 30-page response to Heddell's office last week.
Hunter and his lawyer disputed the audit's conclusions and indicated that they would fight to enforce the contract.
The interim mayor, Kenneth V. Cockrel Jr., and the new police chief, James Barren, ordered the laboratory closed; Mr. Cockrel called the audit's conclusions "shocking and appalling".
University of California President Janet Napolitano denounced the audit's conclusions as "disappointingly pre-baked" and "unfair and unwarranted".
Navient disputed the audit's conclusions in its response to the Education Department and has denied the allegations made in the lawsuits.
