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The Office of the Washington State Auditor is pleased to announce an additional year of school district data in FIT: SAO’s financial transparency tool. FIT provides easy and free access to the financial data of more than 2,200 local governments in our state.

Read on for more information on the latest addition of school district data. 

The Office of the Washington State Auditor is happy to announce two exciting pieces of news related to the Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT)! FIT is our way of providing easy, free access to the financial data of more than 2,300 local governments in our state. 

Read on for more information about each feature. 

Those familiar with the Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT) from SAO’s Center for Government Innovation know it has plenty of horsepower: It includes a decade’s worth of financial data for nearly 2,000 local governments, along with a ton of different ways to sort, filter and arrange this insightful information. (In fact, our Office is statutorily required to publish this data to the public and FIT’s how we do it.) 
   

SAO's latest performance audit report looked at the Washington State Department of Transportation's (WSDOT) 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.

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.

We've updated the Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT) with local governments' fiscal year 2021 data. As of June 30, our Office received more than 90 percent of local government annual report filings. This includes 100 percent of the 2021 annual reports from local governments in Asotin and Garfield counties and 90 percent of the state's 324 fire districts.

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.

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.

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.