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Being responsive to citizens and safeguarding public resources are big jobs. SAO’s guides, best practices and checklists can help you apply performance audit results in subjects like student immunization records and election ballots, and improve processes over fueling programs, take-home vehicles, credit cards and contracting with third-party receipting vendors.

Best practices when fueling government-owned vehicles

Read more about Best practices when fueling government-owned vehicles

Expect the Unexpected: How to Protect Unanticipated Revenue from Fraud

Read more about Expect the Unexpected: How to Protect Unanticipated Revenue from Fraud

Contracting with vendors to accept or process payments (third-party receipting)

Read more about Contracting with vendors to accept or process payments (third-party receipting)

Student immunization records

Read more about Student immunization records

Ballots and voting resources for county election officials

Read more about Ballots and voting resources for county election officials

Credit card programs

Read more about Credit card programs

Take-home vehicles

Read more about Take-home vehicles
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