Reform implication · 6 cases
Outcome audits, not just compliance audits
Compliance audits confirm that money was spent the way the contract said. Outcome audits ask whether the program achieved its stated goal. Most large WA public programs have the first but not the second; the reform calls for statutory outcome auditing on programs above a dollar threshold.
- The Washington State Auditor's Office (SAO) FY2024 Single Audit, released in March 2025, issued a disclaimer opinion on DCYF's Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) program — meaning auditors could not form any opinion whatsoever on…Structural failure
- | Metric | Value | |---|---:| | Emergency 911 calls / year | 300,000+ | | Non-emergency calls / year | 200,000+ | | Required standard | >90% of 911 calls answered within 15 seconds | | How they meet it | Mandatory overtime | | Source of…Structural failureCivil rights harm
- For nearly 20% of bookings at the King County Correctional Facility in 2023, the patient received an order for at least one behavioral health medication. Jail Health Services delivers care to "thousands of incarcerated people every year."…Civil rights harmStructural failure
- Structural failureStatutory noncompliance
- This is not a completed audit. It's a pre-audit advisory letter that conforms to similar professional standards but is not an audit under Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards. The full audit is in the 2025 work program. Treat…Structural failureStatutory noncompliance
- King County launched the Health Through Housing program in 2021, funded by a 0.1% county sales tax and a $400 million bonding package. The 2021 Implementation Plan budgeted $297.8 million in capital spending through 2028. The county…Structural failure