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Topeka review committee hears case for independent performance auditor
Summary
The Citizens Government Review Committee heard Johnson County Auditor Doug Jones and discussed creating an independent performance audit office for Topeka, including likely scope, size, costs and safeguards against politicization. Committee members asked staff to add research and draft language for the committee report.
The Citizens Government Review Committee on May 21 heard a presentation advocating for an independent performance audit function and discussed how such an office might work for Topeka.
Doug Jones, Johnson County auditor and member of the Association of Local Government Auditors' Advocacy Committee, told the committee that independent performance auditors “help hold the government accountable” and can identify cost savings, improve compliance and report on how public funds are used. Jones said independence from the management side is essential: “The independent auditors should have no functional or administrative reporting to management whom they…
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