The Aud Pod
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The Aud Pod
The Aud Pod is a podcast from the Office of the Washington State Auditor designed to make what might be a boring topic on the surface—auditing, right?—and engage with listeners by giving them a deeper dive into what do, make our work easier and more interesting to understand, and share how we help g...
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Ten Questions With…Sonya Singh, SAO’s IT Systems Assistant Audit Manager
In this episode of the Aud Pod we like to call “Ten Questions With…” you’ll get to know Sonya Singh, SAO’s IT Systems Assistant Audit Manager, through...
The cornerstone of accountability: government annual filing
For more than 100 years local governments in our state have filed their annual financial reports with what is now the Office of the Washington State A...
The cornerstone of accountability: government annual filing
For more than 100 years local governments in our state have filed their annual financial reports with what is now the Office of the Washington State A...
The cornerstone of accountability: government annual filing
For more than 100 years local governments in our state havefiled their annual financial reports with what is now the Office of the Washington State Au...
By The Numbers: SAO Facts and Figures for Fiscal Year 2025
The Office of the Washington State Auditor was really, really busy in fiscal year 2025 publishing 2,967 audits, fielding 692 submissions to its Citize...
SAO Testimonial: Cyber Checkup Service
What do local governments think of the free, award-winning cyber checkup service from the Office of the Washington State Auditor?
We asked City...
Fighting fraud in government: How SAO’s efforts help protect public resources
In Washington state, governments lose on average $52,000 per fraud incident. From 2021 through October 2025, the Office of the Washington State Audito...
State Auditor Pat McCarthy radio interview highlights on KONA 610
In October 2025 State Auditor Pat McCarthy stopped by NewsRadio KONA 610 serving the mid-Columbia region of Washington state to appear with hosts Robb...
Free cyber checkups: reducing risk for local governments
Local governments are increasingly becoming attractivetargets for cyber criminals because of the vast amounts of sensitive data they maintain about em...
The 4-1-1 on police use of deadly force investigation audits
Did you know the Office of the Washington State Auditor systematically audits every local investigation into police use of deadly force? In fact, we w...
We help government (it's true!)
In addition to promoting fiscal responsibility in government through our audits of local and state governments, our Office also provides valuable help...
Learn to be Lean
In this episode of The Aud Pod, SAO’s Joanna Bailey talks with an HR Director for a local government about their experience with our free Lean service...
Ep. 1 Performance Audits 101
Our office gets a lot of questions about Performance Audits – for example, how are they different than other audits, and how do we choose the topics?...
Introducing The Aud Pod!
Who best to introduce The Aud Pod than State Auditor Pat McCarthy! Find out why we created a podcast for the Office (hint: it was thought of long befo...