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Pennsylvania auditor general explains audits, independence and career path to students
Summary
Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim Dufour outlined the office’s role in checking state spending, emphasized audit independence and described skills and training the office offers during an interview on Higher Education Access Corner.
Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim Dufour told students in an interview on the Higher Education Access Corner podcast that his office performs audits to ensure state funds are spent as intended and to provide transparency to taxpayers.
Dufour said audits review whether money distributed from the Department of the Treasury is used for its stated purpose — for example, that PennDOT builds roads or that schools construct buildings — and that auditors “assure that tax dollars that are being spent are used the way that they're supposed to be spent.”
The office’s role and its emphasis on independence were central to the…
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