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BLA audit finds Ethics Commission understaffed and slow on audits and investigations; Commission pledges fixes
Summary
The Budget & Legislative Analyst's performance audit found the Ethics Commission had persistent vacancies, long audit and investigation timelines, and no completed lobbyist audits; Executive Director Leanne Pelham accepted the recommendations and said she will hire staff, post an audit manager and pursue process improvements.
The committee reviewed the Budget & Legislative Analyst (BLA) Officeperformance audit of the Ethics Commission on Nov. 19. The BLA identified five key findings: lack of performance and risk-assessment tools (including a historically missing annual report), persistent vacancies (average ~19% over four years), untimely discretionary campaign audits, slow investigations (averaging more than two years), and inadequate whistleblower-retaliation timelines (averaging more than 2.5 years).…
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