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Division of Finance paused quarterly post-audits amid staffing turnover; director says audits will resume by fiscal year end
Summary
Division Director Van Christensen told legislators the division suspended quarterly post audits to reallocate staff to higher-priority functions such as payroll after significant turnover; the office plans to resume post audits around June 30 and has hired key staff and obtained legislative funding.
Legislative Fiscal Analyst Yvonne Jamboff told the committee she had identified that the Division of Finance stopped performing quarterly expenditure post audits and said that practice “is in violation of statute,” asking the division to explain why and when it would resume the reviews.
Van Christensen, director of the Division of Finance, said the pause on post audits was a deliberate reallocation of scarce staff to maintain critical operations, including payroll for about 22,000 state employees, vendor payments and the state’s annual financial report. Christensen described a “major exodus” of long-tenured staff…
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