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State auditors back grant‑oversight fixes, warn against expanding audit duties without resources

Government Oversight Committee · March 4, 2026
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Summary

Auditors of Public Accounts told the Government Oversight Committee they support bills implementing their grant recommendations but warned that proposals to expand auditors' field audits would duplicate existing state and federal single‑audit requirements, strain resources, and risk impairing independence.

John Geragosian and Craig Miner, auditors of public accounts, told the Government Oversight Committee on March 3 that they support several bills that implement recommendations from the auditors' latest grant‑monitoring report but raised concerns about other proposals that would expand their statutory duties.

Geragosian said the auditors back Senate Bill 247 and House Bill 5255, both of which would implement recommendations to standardize state grant language, improve monitoring of subawardees and encourage Office of Policy and Management (OPM) to create a…

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