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.
In an era of high uncertainty and skepticism across the country, public auditors provide facts that everyone can rely on – and they need to make that known, said Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy this week.
As president of the National State Auditors Association (NSAA), McCarthy recently joined a presentation on issues facing the accountability community, including government auditors at the local, state and federal level.
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.
The Office of the Washington State Auditor is conducting new “police training and certification audits” to determine if law enforcement agencies fully comply with officer conduct reporting requirements.
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.
Efforts to ensure Washington’s school children have adequate time to eat lunch were stalled during the COVID-19 pandemic, but are progressing again now, according to a new performance audit by the Office of the Washington State Auditor.