Washington State Auditor

State Auditors Find Seattle Schools Still Needs Tighter Internal Controls

Ann Dornfeld — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:20:51 +0000

After years of sloppy bookkeeping and at-times lax financial oversight, Seattle Public Schools has improved its internal financial controls, but needs to strengthen them further, auditors from the Washington State Auditor's Office told the school board in a special meeting Wednesday.

State Auditor Brian Sonntag: An Exit Interview

Ross Reynolds — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:56:31 +0000

State Auditor Brian Sonntag’s performance audits have pointed out how government agencies could save money and avoid fraud. Sonntag leaves office next month and he sits down with Ross Reynolds for a discussion about what he was and wasn't able to accomplish as the Washington state auditor.

Wash. State Auditor Candidate Wired Millions, Linked Account To Belize

Austin Jenkins — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:52:19 +0000

The job of Washington State Auditor is to root out waste, fraud and abuse in government. But the Democratic candidate for that position, State Representative Troy Kelley, has come under scrutiny for his private business dealings. This includes wiring millions of dollars around to an account that was eventually linked to a bank in Belize. That was key evidence in a lawsuit against Kelley.

On the morning of Monday, August 2, 2010 Troy Kelley sat down in front of a video camera at a law office in downtown Seattle. He was wearing a button-down Oxford shirt, no tie.