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Former GAO auditor urges commission to create independent performance auditor office
Summary
A visitor with three decades of performance‑audit experience urged the Charter Review Commission to establish an independent office of performance audit within the legislative branch, saying such offices yield strong returns on investment and better program outcomes.
Brian Estes, a former Federal Government Accountability Office auditor who later worked with the King County auditor’s office, urged the Charter Review Commission during public comment to create an independent office of the performance auditor in Whatcom County.
Estes described performance auditing standards (the “Yellow Book”) and national best practices, said…
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