State Auditor Pat McCarthy

Pictured here, left to right: School Board President Kelly Bashaw; Superintendent Dr. Greg Baker; State Auditor Pat McCarthy

Large state agencies will get more in-depth reviews and smaller agencies will get more frequent accountability audits thanks to a boost in funding included in the supplemental state budget approved Thursday.The Office of the Washington State Auditor requested an additional $700,000 to support accountability audit work, and the Legislature agreed.

From left to right: Laura Marrone (Admin Tech), Rose Lauer (Assistant Office Manager), Commissioner/President Jerry Thornton, Sr., State Auditor Pat McCarthy, Commissioner John Thompson, Shane Young (General Manager) & Commissioner/Secretary, Renea Blanchette

State Auditor Pat McCarthy, County Treasurer Vickie Clelland, Financial Management Officer Heidi Penner, County Auditor Robert Waymire

 

Your public auditors were busy in 2017. The Office of the Washington State Auditor published more than 2,000 reports covering a wide spectrum of topics.
While many people are familiar with our work in their area, fewer know the full scope of what the Office does across Washington. We are making a concerted effort to increase trust in government, and a key part of that goal is making audit work accessible and easy to understand.

State Auditor Pat McCarthy sat down with TVW's Austin Jenkins in Olympia this week to talk about her first year in Office.

The Office of the Washington State Auditor has asked the Legislature for $700,000 to pay for more accountability audits of state agencies, one of Auditor Pat McCarthy's initiatives to increase transparency and accountability in government. You can read the full request here.

As state and local governments increasingly depend on information technology (IT) systems to serve the public, the need to audit the controls in and around these systems increases.