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State auditor seeks pay adjustments, privacy‑oversight staffing amid audit-timeliness concerns
Summary
Utah State Auditor Tina Cannon asked the subcommittee for targeted pay increases to recruit and retain CPA and audit staff, and requested additional staff to implement a new privacy oversight workload ahead of a May statutory start date.
Utah State Auditor Tina Cannon told the General Government Appropriation Subcommittee on Feb. 3 that shortages of certified public accountants and experienced auditors are delaying statutorily required financial reports and stretching the office’s ability to perform financial audit, special investigations and the Transparent Utah program.
The nut graf: Cannon said the auditor’s office is under-staffed for the technical CPA work that state and local financial oversight require; the office requests targeted salary adjustments to match market offers, plus additional staff to implement statutory privacy‑oversight responsibilities that take effect this May.
Cannon said the auditor’s office is required to issue the annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) within 180 days; in the prior year the office reached 175 days and has had to reassign CPA staff…
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