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Deputy state auditor says Vermont needs more staff or a scaled oversight approach
Summary
Deputy State Auditor Tim Ash told the Senate panel that legislative oversight is constrained by limited staff capacity in both executive and auditing offices — "for a $9,400,000,000 budget, there is an office with 2 positions" — and urged either resourcing or a narrowly scoped pilot oversight process.
Tim Ash, deputy state auditor, told the Senate Government Operations Committee that the state’s current auditing and performance capacity is too small to provide the consistent legislative oversight lawmakers seek. "For a $9,400,000,000 budget, there is an office with 2 positions," Ash said, arguing that the chief performance officer cannot compel agencies and that the legislature should…
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