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State auditor pivots FY26 request to data tools and audit-quality hires, seeks $1.75M
Summary
Greg Griffin, from the Department of Audits and Accounts, asked the appropriations subcommittee to approve a $1.75 million revised FY26 request focused on operating costs, three audit-quality manager positions and three data-analytics positions to meet new auditing standards and rising vendor costs.
Greg Griffin, speaking for the Department of Audits and Accounts, told the General Government Subcommittee that the agency is pivoting from its original budget submission and now seeks roughly $1,750,000 in fiscal 2026 funding focused on non-staff operating costs, audit-quality staffing and data-analytics talent.
Griffin said the audit profession faces “significant pressures,” including heightened demands on audit quality from new auditing standards and…
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