Upcoming Performance Audits

The following is a list of public agencies that the Washington State Auditor's Office plans to conduct a performance audit of in 2008. Performance audits are authorized under the provisions of Initiative 900, approved by the voters in 2005. The Auditor's Office has already issued a number of reports, including those on Sound Transit, the Port of Seattle, WSDOT, and others.

List of 2008 planned performance audits:

• King County (Construction Management)
• King County Rural Library District (Construction Management)
• Washington State University (Construction Management and Administration)
• Washington Department of General Administration (Capital Projects Management)
• Seattle School District (Construction Management)
• Highline, Meade, Richland, Lake Stevens, Pasco school districts (Construction Management)
• Washington State Department of Transportation (Cost Estimation)
• Port of Seattle (Comprehensive Operations)
• Sound Transit (Operations)
• King County Public Utilities (Operations)
• Seattle Public Utilities (Operations)
• Seattle City Light (Operations)
• Public Utility Districts: Chelan, Grant and Douglas Counties (Construction Management and Operations
• Washington Department of Social and Health Services (to be determined)
• Washington Department of Corrections (to be determined)
• Washington State Department of Transportation's Ferries Division (Capital Budgeting, Planning and Procurement)
• Multiple state agencies (Complaint processing)
• K-12 School Districts (Student transportation)

More information about performance audits may be found at the State Auditor's Office website.