Although most of our resources are devoted to conducting audits in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, we also perform non-audit work as well.
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2024
2023
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The Rules are the Rules: A Primer on Legislative Rulemaking Requirements, with Recommendations
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Memoranda: Concerns Regarding Vermont’s 10-Year Telecommunications Plan
- Dental Check Up: Seven Years After Dental Therapists Authorized (and $2 million spent), State University Program Remains Years From Enrolling Students
- VT Labor Dept. Needs to Bring Closure to Vermonters Being Billed for Pandemic Era UI Overpayments that Weren’t Their Fault
- Universal Broadband in Vermont: Managing Risks
- Memorandum: Lack of policies presents risks at Sheriff’s departments
- Memorandum: Issues for Legislature from Audits of the Vermont Criminal Justice Council and Department of Corrections
2022
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Vermont’s Commitment to End Homelessness: Spending and Homeless Totals FY17 to FY22
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- Previous memoranda related to State and Federal Covid-19 expenditures can be found here.
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Measuring Up: Examining performance reporting in the Vermont Annual Outcomes Report
2021
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Unemployment Fraud and Overpayment Review – Produced Per Act 51 of 2021
- Green Mountain Care Board Billback - Memo to Legislative Committee Chairs
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Examining Vermont State Spending on the Dairy Industry from 2010 to 2019
- Audit Recommendation Follow-Up
2020
- Vermont Employment Growth Incentive Parts 2 and 3: VEPC Due Diligence and Other Matters
- Memorandum re. Health Care Affordability
- Vermont Employment Growth Incentive Part 1: Marvell Technologies - A Case Study
- The Growing Cost of Healthcare in Vermont: It’s Time to Reel It In
- Memorandum in Response to Senator Brock's Statements Regarding the State Auditor’s Office
- Memorandum: Potential Savings and Cost Recovery from Audits and Other Reports from the State Auditor
- Audit Recommendation Follow-Up
2019
- Structural Weaknesses and Questionable Gains by Vermont’s Remote Worker Grant Program
- Memorandum re: Evaluating OneCare’s Community-Based Initiatives
- Where’s the Money Flowing? Cost-Effectiveness of Lake Champlain Clean Water Efforts
- Memorandum on Government Transparency
- Audit Recommendation Follow-Up
2018
- Memorandum re: the Capital Debt Affordability Advisory Committee
- Statutory Compliance of Automated License Plate Recognition Systems in Vermont
- Recommendations for Improving the Performance of the State of Vermont's Prescription Drug Benefit Program
- Making Economic Development Policy: Anecdotes or Peer-Reviewed Literature
- Letter to GMCB re: Hospital and Other Health Care Sector Salaries
2017
2016
- Health Care Price Transparency Part II: Act 54 and Beyond
- Memorandum re: Whistleblower allegations about a personal services contract at DPS and AOT
- Letter re: Unemployment Insurance Field Audit Documentation
2015
- Sole Source Contracts: Extraordinary Use in Ordinary Times
- Vermont Training Program – Compliance and Performance
- E911 Memo
- Executive Compensation at the Designated Agencies
- Memorandum re: Global Committment MCO Investment Performance Measurement
- Memorandum re: Gruber Contract
- State Land Leases Boost Ski Industry, but Are Dated and Inconsistent
2014
- Judiciary Accounts Receivables
- Improving Public Access to Official Records of Proceedings
- Opportunities for Health Care Price Transparency and Greater Consumer Information
- Liquidated Damages: Outcomes and Opportunities for Better Protecting Taxpayers
2013
- Results of Seall, Inc. Inquiry July 2013
- Vermont County Sheriff's Departments Compilation of Reports on Financial Transactions FY 2011-2012
- February 26, 2013 Report on the Review of Payroll at the Vermont Department of Public Safety
- February 2013 Report to the Legislature on FY 2012 Audit Findings
2012
2011
- Litigation Report - Calendar Year 2010 issued July 2011
- Report to the Legislature on FY 2010 Audit Findings - February 2011
- Sexual Abuse Response System Recommended Audit Strategy - Januay 2011
2010
- State Job Creation Programs Audit Strategy- December 2010
- Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee: Monitoring and Management of the Decommissioning Trust Fund 2010
- Litigation Report - Calendar Year 2009 (Issued in Jan. 2010)
2009
- Report on Survey of Services Shared by Vermont School Systems
- Report to the Legislature on FY 2009 Audit Findings
- Schools Use of State Purchasing Contracts - 2009
- State Funds for Autism - 2009
- Auditor's Report to the State Nursing Board - January 2009
- Litigation Report - Calendar Year 2008 (Issued in Jan. 2009)
2008
- Orange County: Review of Internal Controls Over Disbursements Process & Related Policies & Procedures 2008
- "Voice Radio Interoperability Solution" Review of Contract Award Process - May 2008
- Litigation Report - Calendar Year 2007 (Issued in Jan. 2008)
2007
- Vermont State Colleges Report - November 2007
- Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Audit Report - 2007
- Brattleboro Multi-Modal Transportation Project - 2007
- Accounting & Financial Report for Income Sensitivity Adjustments Related to Property Taxes - 2007
2006
2005
2004
- The Basics of Contract Management in Vermont State Government - 2004
- Who's Keeping Watch? - Review of Department of Corrections' Oversight & Management of Mental Health Services Contracts - 2004
- Premium Review - Risk Analysis & Assessment of Prospective Premium System - 2004
- Keys to Success - Improving Accountability, Contract Management & Fiscal Oversight at the Department of Corrections - 2004
- Turning Up the Heat on Savings - Report on the State Agency Energy Plan - 2004
2003
- Where the Rubber Meets the Road - Report on the State's Passenger Vehicle Fleet - 2003
- Turning VISION into Action - Follow-up to the Implementation of Project VISION - 2003
- Promises to Keep: Recommendations to Strengthen the Performance of the Economic Advancement Tax Incentives Program - 2003
- The Road Beyond Risk - Recommendations to Safeguard the Security of Financial & Human Resources Information Systems - 2003
- Rebuilding Public Trust - Report on the Use of Tax Exempt Bond Proceeds to Build Health Care Facilities - 2003
2002
- Keeping Warm - Vermont Weatherization Assistance Program - 2002
- Vermont CARES - 2002
- Getting There From Here - Recommendations to Modernize the Permit Process at Department of Environmental Conservation - 2002
- Planning for the Unexpected: Protecting Assets, Securing Services - 2002
- Caring for Our Elders: Improving Nursing Home Care - 2002
- Caught in Traffic - Review of How the Judicial Bureau Processes Local Tickets & Fines - 2002
- Improving Student Performance - Medicaid Reimbursement at the Department of Education & Windham Northeast Supervisory Union - 2002
- Vermont's Information Technology Investments - 2002
- Assessment of Vermont Information Technology Security - 2002
- Funding Vermont's Radiological Emergency Response Plan - 2002
- Minding the Store - Internal Control Checklist for Town Government Financial Officers - 2002
2001
2000
- Department of Aging & Disabilities Implemention of Act 160 - 2000
- Vermont Migrant Education Program - 2000
- Vermont Refugee Resettlement Effort - 2000
- Vermont Economic Progress Council's Implementation of Act 71 in 1998 (issued in 2000)
1999
1998
- Y2K Preparedness - November 1998
- Y2K Preparedness - April 1998
- Rutland Multi-Modal Transit Center 1998
- Vermont Solid Waste Program 1998
- Dept. of Developmental and Mental Health Services’ Oversight of Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of SE Vermont 1998
- Vermont Weatherization Assistance Program - 1998
- Domestic Cannabis Eradication Suppression Program - 1998
1997
- Child Care Licensing & Registration by SRS - 1997
- BISHCA - 1997
- Foster Care Licensing & Registration - 1997
- Preliminary Review of the 1990 Agreement Between UVM & Burlington - 1997