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Preview your school district data in FIT

August 11, 2022

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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Picture this: FIT update offers new ways to see your data

July 7, 2022

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.

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Discover what’s new in FIT this spring

April 26, 2022

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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School district data coming soon to FIT

April 20, 2022

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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Food for thought: Financial data accuracy and your annual report

April 13, 2022

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.

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New year, new FIT data

January 6, 2022

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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