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King County Auditor's Office
County Auditor:
Cheryle A. Broom
Rm. W-1033
516 Third Ave.
Seattle, Wa 98104

Phone: 206-296-1655 
TTY: 206-296-1024
Fax: 206-296-0159

ADVANCING PERFORMANCE, ACCOUNTABILITY & TRANSPARENCY

The King County Auditor's Office conducts audits and studies that identify and recommend effective ways to improve county government. We work on a broad range of issues that effect the citizens and services of King County. Highlights of our current projects are:

2009 Audits
New audits in 2009 include: Performance Audit of Transit, Animal Care and Control, Emergency Medical Services Levy, Sheriff's Office Internal Investigation, and FMD Facilities Maintenance Program, in addition to other follow-up projects and ongoing audits.

Capital Projects Oversight
In 2007, the King County Council created the Capital Projects Oversight program within the King County Auditor’s office. The oversight program was established to mitigate capital project overruns and potential problems, contain costs, and inform decision-making processes through adequate, timely, and useful standardized reporting. Current projects being monitored are: Accountable Business Transformation, Brightwater Wastewater Treatment System, Harborview – Ninth and Jefferson Building, Jail Integrated Security Project, and Countywide Contracting and Procurement.

Countywide Community Forms  
In September 2007, the Metropolitan King County Council enacted a public outreach program called Countywide Community Forums to enhance public participation and civic engagement in government. Volunteers coordinate the program by organizing small, community based discussion forums countywide to provide feedback on county-related public policy issues.

The auditor’s office oversees the program and has been working with the volunteer program coordinator and deputies to ensure that program materials are fair and balanced, data collection and analysis techniques are sound, and donated funds are managed appropriately.

Countywide Performance Measurement
Advancing performance-based government is one of the ways the auditor's office promotes cost-effective and accountable county services. Much progress has been made that lays the groundwork for a countywide performance measurement program. Since 2002, the council has enacted legislation seeking to improve the county's use of performance measurement.

This summer, the council considered changes to the county code based on recommendations by the Performance Measurement Work Group, whose membership has countywide representation and passed an ordinance requiring a strategic plan and performance report for King County in 2009. The legislation also requires all King County agencies and departments to prepare strategic plans every five years, annual business plans, and relevant performance measures.
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HIGHLIGHTS

The Animal Care and Control Performance Audit was presented to the Committee of the Whole on October 26, 2009. Click here for the full report.

The Emergency Levy Financial Review was presented to the Government, Accountibility & Oversight Committee on September 15, 2009. Click here for the full report.

The Performance Audit of Transit was presented to the Government, Accountibility & Oversight Committee on September 15, 2009. Click here for the full report.

The August 2009 Auditing for Results newsletter is now available. Click here to read the newsletter.

The Accountable Business Transformation Program 1st Quarter Oversight Report for 2009 is available on our Web site. Click here for the full report.

The Ninth & Jefferson Building Project Oversight Report for May is now available online. Click here to read the full report.

The Data Center Relocation Project Oversight Report for May 2009 is now available. Click here to read the full report.

The 2009 First Quarter Brightwater Project Oversight Report was presented to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee and the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee on May 19, 2009. Click here to read the full report.

Tina Rogers and Tom Wood, with the Capital Project Oversight Program, briefed the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee on their review of the  Harborview Medical Center Ninth and Jefferson Building Oversight March 2009 Report. To read the full review, click here.

The King County Auditor's Office 2009 Work Program was adopted by by the Metropolitan King County Council on March 30, 2009. For a list of current projects and the full 2009 Work Program, click here.

The Performance Management Work Group presented their 2008 Year-end Report to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee on February 25, 2009. The briefing included staff from the Auditor's Office and the Office of Strategic Planning and Performance Management. Read the presentation  (383 KB) or the full report (397 KB).

Our 2008 Annual Report, Highlights of Accomplishments, is now available. Click here to read the full report.

CIC Presentation