Several courts in Washington are interested in expanding alternatives to bail, but they appear to use such pretrial services infrequently today and face barriers to doing more, a new performance audit found.
A new performance audit of four public charter schools across Washington found they identified and served at-risk students appropriately, including working with English language learners and homeless students.
Washington’s public schools properly identified special education students and spent 26% percent more than the state provided to serve them, according to a new performance audit.
The Legislature asked the Office of the Washington State Auditor to review the prevalence of disabilities in student populations in the state and compare that need to the funding available to identify and serve special education students. Auditors were also tasked with determining whether any populations were under evaluated or underserved in special education.
As Washington works on a strategic economic development plan, it should consider the successful efforts of other states as well as leading practices in the field, a new performance audit recommends.
The state Department of Commerce is tasked with enhancing and promoting the state’s economy and manages a number of economic development programs to that end. The agency’s Office of Economic Development and Competitiveness is developing a strategic plan to guide its efforts in the future.
Programs to get people needed health care short of calling emergency services have been effective, but communities across Washington face obstacles to starting such programs, a new performance audit found.
Jurisdictions in Washington are uneven in assessing, collecting and using fines for human trafficking and related crimes, according to a new performance audit by the Office of the Washington State Auditor.
Washington has taken many steps to increase the development of renewable energy infrastructure, helping to mitigate the effects of climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However these investments are increasingly vulnerable to risks associated with changing climate conditions, such as wildfires, extreme winds, droughts and flooding.
The Office of the Washington State Auditor reviewed the state’s efforts to adapt these new electricity-generating sites to future risks, and found three important areas for improvement:
Since the Legislature acted on the recommendations of a previous audit, Washington has more than doubled the amount of unpaid child support it collects from insurance claims, a follow-up performance audit has found.
While the state is appropriately working with communities around some hazardous waste sites, community engagement requirements only apply to a fraction of the contaminated sites across Washington, according to a new performance audit.
The audit, published today by the Office of the Washington State Auditor, examined how the Department of Ecology collects and incorporates feedback from the communities and Native American tribes living near contaminated sites.
A check of one state college’s approach to erasing confidential data from surplus computer equipment found strong controls in place, as detailed in a new performance audit released today.
The Office of the Washington State Auditor conducted two previous audits evaluating how well state agencies and some colleges removed confidential data from IT devices before selling them through the state’s surplus program. However, some public colleges and universities have their own surplus programs.