Meet the Auditors!
 

Meet a few staff members from The Office of the Legislative Auditor General! They are one of three legislative staff offices that help us legislators behind the scenes as we develop public policy. Many people are aware that legislators have analysts and attorneys that help draft legislation, as well as staff to help with the budget. But, people may be less familiar with our audit staff that assist legislators in our investigatory role by conducting in-depth reviews of state agency functions. These in-depth reviews are called legislative “performance audits” and are assigned to the auditor general and his staff by a committee of legislative leaders known as the Audit Subcommittee.

Our legislative audit staff recently released such assigned reports ranging from homeless services, state and higher education building costs, secondary school fees and child welfare during divorce court proceedings. The goal is always to give objective information to assist legislators and other decision makers to improve public programs, reduce taxpayer costs and promote government accountability. Last week, I heard their presentation on the oil and gas audit—they helped me understand that improvements are needed and how we can start addressing them.

You can learn more about this legislative staff office at olag.utah.gov

This week, I got to spend time with so many dedicated public servants from all levels of government! Whether it's Governor Herbert, Lt. Governor Cox, local officials from HD32, or my fellow legislators, I love working with collaboratively to make our community better.