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As Connecticut’s state auditors, we provide independent, unbiased and objective opinions and recommendations on the operations of state government and the protection against waste, fraud, and abuse.
Our office does much more than accounting. Our auditors serve as the legislature’s eyes and ears in state and quasi-public agencies. They determine whether the agencies are following laws, regulations, internal policies or prudent business practices; whether they are following federal requirements on major federal programs through our work on the Statewide Single Audit; and whether state programs or systems are operating efficiently and effectively through our performance audits and program reviews. Our office also receives and reviews whistleblower complaints from state employees and the public to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.
The Auditors of Public Accounts (APA) is a legislative agency of the State of Connecticut with the primary mission to audit state agencies. The office is under the direction of two state auditors appointed by the state legislature. Our professional staff of just over one hundred includes many certified public accountants (CPA), certified information system auditors (CISA), certified internal auditors (CIA), and certified fraud examiners (CFE).
As the state’s important fiscal watchdogs, the Auditors of Public Accounts serves the legislature, the public and the media to inform them of areas of concern in state government. It is our goal to make government work better and protect taxpayers from waste, fraud, and abuse.
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LATEST REPORTS
| sortorder | Title | Issued | Type | Fiscal Years | Report Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20221201 | Emergency Services and Public Protection,Department of | 12/01/2022 | Audit | 2020,2021 | |
| 20221116 | Developmental Services, Department of | 11/16/2022 | Audit | 2019,2020 | |
| 20221103 | Governmental Accountability, Office of | 11/03/2022 | Audit | 2020,2021 | |
| 20221025 | Charter Oak State College Foundation, Inc. | 10/25/2022 | Audit | 2022 | |
| 20221019 | Public Defender Services, Division of | 10/19/2022 | Audit | 2020,2021 | |
| 20221012 | Connecticut Innovations Incorporated | 10/12/2022 | Audit | 2019,2020 | |
| 20221006 | Western Connecticut State University | 10/06/2022 | Audit | 2020,2021 | |
| 20221005 | Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station | 10/05/2022 | Audit | 2020,2021 |
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RECENT NEWS
Internal investigations by the DOC allege that corrections employees used the program to book hotel rooms during a wedding, to celebrate New Year’s Eve, and to live full time in the hotels with their families.
Many got off with a 2 or 5 day suspension.
https://ctmirror.org/2022/12/06/ct-prison-department-covid-19-pandemic-shelter-program/
@CTStateAuditors found during FY ended June 30, 2020 and 2021... 1,375 CT_STATE_POLICE employees earned $84,928,657 in OT. Why? Story at 5:30 @WTNH
PLUS - you won't believe some of the "assets" that went unaccounted for. @ctcapitolreport #staffing #longhours #Audit #Manager
A new audit shows overtime is up close to 8 million from last year, an 11% increase in a three month period. https://www.wfsb.com/2022/12/03/audit-state-police-working-dangerous-amounts-overtime/
NEW: @CTStateAuditors found that @CT_STATE_POLICE “employees worked excessive amounts of overtime” — with 14 troopers, a dispatcher, and a manager working an average of 13.4 hours a day for 14 consecutive days
Auditors found one employee worked 162 hours of overtime
Today, our office released the audit report on the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for FY '20 and '21. This report contains 11 recommendations, 9 of which have been repeated from our previous report: https://tinyurl.com/s4jck54e
