Austin mayor proposes independent audit program to boost transparency and cut costs

According to Mayor Watson, the goal is to create a system that not only boosts transparency and efficiency but also helps the ...
Palo Alto Online

Audit calls out Palo Alto’s ‘outdated’ bidding process

Palo Alto’s process of soliciting bids for goods, services and public works projects is not only inefficient, but its ...

TSC addresses 2024-25 operational audit findings, disagrees with one

TSC is turning its operational audit status around after a report revealed four findings, but TSC President Jim Murdaugh ...
Courthouse News Service

Judge lets Maricopa sheriff refute audit in Arpaio racial profiling case

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio pauses as he answers a question at a news conference at Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Headquarters in Phoenix. Arpaio was ...
AZ Central

Maricopa County, Sheriff's Office vastly inflated racial profiling case costs, audit finds

An audit found Maricopa County and its Sheriff's Office overstated compliance costs for a racial profiling lawsuit by $163 million. The misattributed expenses represent 72% of the total costs assigned ...
Healio

The ‘Zoom boom’ effect: Post-pandemic cost concerns for facial cosmetic procedures

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There was a sharp rise in facial cosmetic procedures during and after the pandemic. Search engine data suggest a ...
AZFamily

Audit: Maricopa County ‘overstated’ costs of federal oversight of sheriff’s office

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A court-ordered audit finds that Maricopa County has overstated its claims of federal oversight of its sheriff’s office, which the county claimed has cost taxpayers $350 million.
Phoenix New Times

Audit: Maricopa County Sheriff overstated compliance costs by $163M

This story was published Oct. 8 and updated Oct. 9 to include a statement from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. For months, prominent Republicans in Arizona have decried the mounting costs of ...
Naples Daily News

Marco Island audit that found material weaknesses cost $100,000 more than contract

Audit company CliftonLarsonAllen presented results of its FY2024 audit in July. CliftonLarsonAllen found material weaknesses in internal controls. The Marco Island City Council asked the city manager ...
Traders Magazine

SIFMA Supports SEC Order to Reduce Consolidated Audit Trail Costs

SIFMA issued the following statement from president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. on the order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to reduce operating costs of the Consolidated ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Independent audit finds Everett mayor received $31K cost-of-living adjustment

EVERETT WITH THE NEW MONEY. THAT’S REVEALED. MAYOR. WELL, THIS AUDIT WAS DONE BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM THAT CITY COUNCIL HIRED AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. THAT AUDIT FOUND ...
Accounting Today

SEC reduces cost of consolidated audit trail

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order to reduce the operating costs of the consolidated audit trail. The 2025 CAT budget as originally approved was for over $248 million. Now, given ...