SAO’s latest performance audit report looked at the Washington State Department of Transportation’s contracting processes for tolling. While that audit didn’t involve local governments, WSDOT plays a large role in how they obtain state resources to improve local road systems.
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The Office of the Washington State Auditor is excited to announce the addition of school district financial data to our Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT). Before we make this data available to the public, we are inviting school districts to preview their data and become familiar with how to use the tool.
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We’ve updated our Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT) with fiscal year 2021 data. Curious how your peers around the state did in meeting the annual filing requirements? Our interactive infographic shows which governments filed on time, which filed late, and which haven’t filed at all. You can view the data by county or by entity type.
… CONTINUE READING → We’re excited to announce the release of new features in our Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT)! You’ll now have access to more details about local governments’ debt and liabilities and a direct link to helpful FIT resources. We’ve also launched our new live annual filing submission tracker and made several other enhancements for a better user experience.
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Spring is here and so is the annual report filing season. This year, we bring you a refreshed way to view filing progress across the state. Powered by SAO’s Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT), our new infographic updates daily as we approach the deadline.
… CONTINUE READING → The Office of the Washington State Auditor is excited to announce the addition of school district financial data to our Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT) this summer. FIT is a unique and powerful way to visualize and analyze the financial data of Washington’s local governments.
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You’ve heard the old adage that good food comes from quality ingredients. The same could be said about your government’s annual report: it’s only as good as the data that goes into it. As you prepare to file your annual report this year, remember that there are many consumers of your financial data and its accuracy is important.
… CONTINUE READING → With the new year comes new annual report filings. Our second quarterly update of the 2020 fiscal year financial data in the Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT) includes more governments so you can see where public money comes from and where it goes.
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In this bonus edition of our FIT Data Stories series on COVID-19’s effect on our cities and towns’ revenues, we use our Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT) to take a deep dive into how the pandemic affected Washington’s border towns and special districts.
… CONTINUE READING → Your government’s data is in FIT, and it’s available to the public. Continue reading to learn who is looking at your data and why it’s in every local government’s the best interest to check it for accuracy.
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