In one respect, the 2005 legislative session ended as it began: with the passage of performance audits. Long a priority of House Speaker Frank Chopp (who ushered performance-audit legislation through ...

EVERETT — Tim Eyman’s former right-hand woman is switching gears with a different kind of initiative. Rather than trying to cut taxes in response to taxpayers’ skepticism, Suzanne Karr, an Everett ...

In a reform nearly half a century in the making, Washington state voters in November restored the state auditor’s authority to conduct independent and comprehensive performance audits of state and ...

Thanks to the veto pen of Gov. Chris Gregoire (D), Washington state’s performance audit program remains intact and adequately funded. The move gives the state auditor a green light for conducting ...

Small business owners sometimes rely on performance audits to ascertain the effectiveness of their companies. To identify unprofitable practices, the performance audit might analyze the company as a ...

The survey, of 300 C-suite executives and 100 audit committee members, found that nearly three-quarters of the top executives and 91 percent of the audit committee members polled said audits of ...

Governments at all levels are looking to meet the needs of citizens while striving to be efficient and cost effective. There are many tools available to managers, directors and policymakers alike. One ...

Employers conduct performance audits or evaluations to gauge whether employees are performing according to company standards. This process includes periodic assessment of work ethics, procedures and ...

The National Audit Office recently published the report ‘An evaluation of Performance Audits in the Public Sector’, which focuses on the most common findings in the various performance audits carried ...

"We continue our strong commitment to accomplish profound results that lead to significant cost savings, streamlined operations and more effective services to citizens." -- State Auditor Brian Sonntag ...