State Auditor releases update on performance audit recommendations

State Auditor Brian Sonntag this morning issued a report highlighting the status of performance audit recommendations made to date. According to the report: "From February 2007 through June 30, 2009, performance audits identified nearly $3.6 billion in cost savings, unnecessary expenditures and economic benefits. Some recommendations have a financial impact, such as past costs that were questionable or avoidable, those with future cost savings and recommendations with future revenue opportunities. The figure below is focused on recommendations with future revenue opportunities or future cost savings that can be realized when the recommendations are implemented. We made 214 recommendations with future cost savings or revenue opportunities; 67 percent of those recommendations have been fully or partially implemented or are in progress, as shown below . . . READ MORE