2017 Press Highlights
Press Highlights for 2017
Office of the State Auditor Completes Single Audit of Federal Funds Received by State in Fiscal Year 2017 – December 2017
Audit: Utah spent $4.6 billion federal dollars in 2017
By David DeMille | The Spectrum
December 27, 2017
Office of the State Auditor Completes Federal Funds Compliance Audit
UB Media.biz (Uintah Basin Media and Vernal Express)
December 26, 2017
Audit Report Shows Utah in Federal Funds Compliance
Lake Powell News
December 21, 2017
Office of the State Auditor Completes Audit of the State of Utah’s 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and Issues Annual Statement of Long-Term Liabilities and Commitments – December 2017
Utah’s 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report completed
The Independent
December 24, 2017
Utah has reached 74 percent of its debt limit….
By Taylor Hartmans | Fox13
December 19, 2017
Utah’s economy continues to boom, but worker shortages, poor air quality and federal policies are risks – The state’s general obligation debt amounts to $719 for every Utahn
By Taylor W. Anderson | The Salt Lake Tribune
December 19, 2017
Office of the State Auditor Releases Review of Park City School District Procurement Non-Compliance – December 2017
Audit says Park City School District contractor violated project-bidding laws
By Benjamin Wood | The Salt Lake Tribune
December 14, 2017
Office of the State Auditor Releases Audit of the Uintah Transportation Special Service District – November 2017
State auditor: Special district in Uintah County violates open meetings laws
By Lee Davidson | The Salt Lake Tribune
November 1, 2017
Audit: Uintah County special district violated open meeting laws, lacked controls over spending
Katie McKellar | Deseret News
November 1, 2017
Office of the State Auditor Releases Letters Addressing Observations of the Recently Completed Primary Election – September 2017
Utah County makes changes to avoid vote-by-mail glitches faced in primary
Katie England | Daily Herald
October 28, 2017
State Auditor Finds Problems in Utah Primary Election
Associated Press | U.S. News & World Report
Associated Press | Kansas City Star
September 27, 2017
Audit of 3rd District primary shows weaknesses in election process
By Ryan Morgan | Deseret News and on KSL.com
September 26, 2017
Audit finds hiccups in Utah’s congressional primary election this year
By Lee Davidson | The Salt Lake Tribune
September 26, 2017
Office of the State Auditor Releases Letters Regarding Review of the Mountain Accord Program – September 2017
State review of Mountain Accord program reveals lack of transparency
By Angelique McNaughton | The Park Record
September 17, 2017
Utah auditor: No financial wrongdoing by Wasatch group
By The Associated Press | The Seattle Times
September 13, 2017
Auditor says Mountain Accord expenses look OK but transparency questions sent to attorney general
By Taylor W. Anderson | The Salt Lake Tribune
September 12, 2017
Auditor finds no evidence of spending misconduct by Mountain Accord
By Katie McKellar | Deseret News and on KSL.com
September 12, 2017
Office of the State Auditor Releases Review of the Lone Peak Fire Department within the Lone Peak Public Safety District – August 2017
Audit: Lone Peak fire must tighten up discipline, use of credit cards
Pat Reavy | Deseret News (also posted on KSL.com)
State audit recommends the Lone Peak Fire Department improve its financial policies
By Tiffany Frandsen | The Salt Lake Tribune
August 29, 2017
Management Letter to Salt Lake County Concerning Review of Financial Oversight of the Salt Lake County Recorder’s Office – July 2017
S.L. County recorder Gary Ott hadn’t been in control for years, investigation finds
By Dora Scheidell | Fox13
July 31, 2017,
Office of the State Auditor Releases Audit of State Charter School Board – June 2017
AUDIT: Utah State Charter School Board inappropriately gave out $124K in grants
By Sara Weber | KUTV2
June 20, 2017
State audit: Charter board improperly disbursed $124K to school (video)
By Marjorie Cortez | KSL
June 20, 2017
State audit: Charter board improperly disbursed $124K to school
By Marjorie Cortez | Deseret News
June 20, 2017
Audit dings Utah Charter School Board for improper use of state startup funds
By Benjamin Wood | The Salt Lake Tribune
June 20, 2017
Audit says State Charter School Board improperly dispersed grant funds
By Kierra Dotson | ABC4 Utah
June 20, 2017
Office of the State Auditor Releases Review of Southwest Utah Public Health Department – Originally Released March 2016 – June 2017
Two former health department officials charged in alleged Medicaid kickback scam
By Kevin Jenkins | The Spectrum
June 7, 2017
2 Utah health care providers charged with Medicaid fraud
By Pat Reavy | KSL.com
June 5, 2017
Office of the State Auditor Releases Audit of Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control – May 2017
Utah liquor audit finds millions of dollars in errors at DABC
By Kathy Stephenson | The Salt Lake Tribune
May 30, 2017
Audit: DABC mismanagement caused millions of dollars in financial reporting errors
By Dennis Romboy | Deseret News
May 30, 2017
Audit: Utah DABC failed to report hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, goods sold
by Sara Weber | KUTV2
May 30, 2017
Utah’s liquor monopoly accused of huge reporting errors
By Randall Carlisle | ABC4 Utah
May 30, 2017
Audit of Utah’s liquor control authority finds millions in accounting errors
By Ben Winslow | Fox13
MAY 30, 2017
Office of the State Auditor Releases Audit of Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Quality – May 2017
Audit accuses ex-Utah DEQ employee of ripping taxpayers off $20,000
By Ben Winslow | Fox13
May 15, 2017
Water division employee falsified $20K in travel expenses, audit shows
By Dennis Romboy | Deseret News
May 15, 2017
Utah auditor says Division of Water Quality employee falsified travel over a decade
By Emma Penrod | The Salt Lake Tribune
May 15, 2017
Auditor: Former Water Quality Employee Filed Bogus Travel Claims
By Judy Fahys | KUER
May 15, 2017
Office of the State Auditor Releases Audit of The Utah State Board of Education Dual Language Immersion Program – April 2017
Federal funds for Dual Language Immersion program ‘mismanaged,’ audit says
By Marjorie Cortez | Deseret News and KSL
April 24, 2017
Audit finds Utah mismanagement of $1M in education program, including extra compensation
by Lisa Nico | KUTV2
April 24th 2017
Audit dings Utah’s dual-immersion program for mismanagement of federal funds
By Benjamin Wood | The Salt Lake Tribune
April 24 2017
Audit Reveals Utah State Board Of Education Mismanaged More Than $1 Million Of Taxpayer Money
By Rick Aaron | ABC4 Utah
April 24 2017
Audit Shows Utah Board of Education Program Mishandled Funds
U.S. News & World Report (AP), Standard Examiner (AP) and CacheValleyDaily.com (AP)
April 25, 2017
AUDIT: Utah State Board of Education mismanaged more than $1 million in federal funds
by Sara Weber | KUTV2
April 24th 2017
Office of the State Auditor Releases Findings for the Utah Municipal Finance Cooperative II Trust – April 2017
To stay or go? Cedar City Council split on ULCT membership
By Bree Burkitt | The Spectrum
May 5, 2017
Audit: Mysterious fund tied to Utah League of Cities and Towns should dissolve
By Katie McKellar | Deseret News and KSL
April 21, 2017
Mysterious ‘private’ trust is actually a government body, auditor says
By Lee Davidson | The Salt Lake Tribune
April 21, 2017
Office of the State Auditor Releases Audits for Governmental Entities in Kane County – April 2017
How an accounting error led to a criminal investigation of payments to a Kane County commissioner
By Taylor W. Anderson | The Salt Lake Tribune
May 13 2017
Just in – Response from county officials
Southern Utah News
May 1, 2017
Washington County prosecutor weighing criminal probe of Kane County districts
By Taylor W. Anderson | The Salt Lake Tribune
April 19, 2017
Kane County Audits Stir Controversy
By Mike Reilley | Lake Powell Life
April 14, 2017
New state audit puts Kane County commissioner in the hot seat
by D.J. Bolerjack | KUTV2
April 14th 2017
Audits report excess compensation, nepotism, conflicts of interest in Kane County districts
By Katie McKellar | Deseret News and KSL
April 13, 2017
Audit rips Kane County special districts, recommends possible criminal probe
By Dan Harrie and Taylor W. Anderson | The Salt Lake Tribune
April 13, 2017
State Auditor Releases Audit of the Utah League of Cities and Towns – January 2017
Utah League of Cities’ former finance chief charged with skimming $30k for travel, drinks, clothing
By Lee Davidson | The Salt Lake Tribune
October 09, 2018
Charges: League’s ex-financial officer spent public money on food, clothes, Costco
By Pat Reavy | Deseret News
October 6, 2018
Following a financial scandal, the taxpayer-supported Utah League of Cities & Towns picks a new leader
By Lee Davidson | The Salt Lake Tribune
September 06, 2017
Mysterious fund tied to League of Cities and Towns raises questions
By Katie McKellar | Deseret News and KSL
January 26, 2017
Audit rips Utah League of Cities and Towns, calls for criminal probe, recovery of public fund
By Lee Davidson | The Salt Lake Tribune
January 19, 2017
Utah League of Cities and Towns director resigns amid audit questioning charges
By Katie McKellar | Deseret News and KSL
January 19, 2017
Audit of Utah League of Cities and Towns to be turned over to prosecutors
by Brian Mullahy | KUTV2
January 19, 2017
Audit hits Utah League of Cities and Towns executives for spending on travel, liquor and intimate apparel
By Ben Winslow | Fox13 News
January 19, 2017
State Auditor recommends criminal investigation after audit of government entity
By Ali Monsen | ABC4 Utah
January 19, 2017
State Auditor Releases Audits of the Unified Fire Authority and the Unified Fire Service Area – January 2017
Unified Fire Authority punts on decision of whether to sue to seek recovery of hundreds of thousands of dollars in allegedly misused public funds
By Taylor Stevens | The Salt Lake Tribune
September 18, 2018
Board Weighing whether to sue ex-fire chiefs for allegedly misusing $370k
By Katie McKellar | Deseret News
September 18, 2018
Has the Unified Fire Authority cleaned up its act? Under the new chief, once-exorbitant bonuses have dropped to zero
By Taylor Stevens | The Salt Lake Tribune
September 17, 2018
Tribune editorial: Should tainted councilman be S.L. County’s inland port voice?
By Tribune Editors | The Salt Lake Tribune
September 11, 2018
Ex-Unified fire chief won’t be charged, but now he’s facing calls to resign from inland port board
By Katie McKellar | Deseret News
September 11, 2018
State prosecutors find ‘troubling’ behavior but pass on bringing criminal charges against former Unified Fire Authority chiefs
By Taylor Stevens | The Salt Lake Tribune
September 10, 2018
Former Unified fire bosses’ spending behavior ‘troubling,’ but prosecutors decline criminal charges
By Katie McKellar | Deseret News
September 10, 2018
Board calls for criminal investigation of former Unified fire chief, deputy
By Katie McKellar | Deseret News
January 26, 2017
Fire Line – UFA Board considers recouping bonuses paid to former chiefs and turning investigation over to law enforcement
By Colby Frazier | City Weekly
January 25, 2017
Fire department audit triggers county review of council members’ spending
By Mike Gorrell | The Salt Lake Tribune
January 19, 2017
Direct Burning – State auditor releases findings on Unified Fire Authority mishandlings
By Dylan Woolf Harris | City Weekly
January 18, 2017
Improper bonuses, trips and porn found in audit of Unified Fire Authority
By Ben Winslow | Fox13 News
January 18, 2017
Audit says former fire authority leaders misused funds; criminal probes recommended
By Mike Gorrell | The Salt Lake Tribune
January 18, 2017
Scathing audit says ex-chiefs overbilled, hid expenses
By Katie McKellar | Deseret News
January 18, 2017
Audit finds ‘illegal incentives,’ mishandled public money within Unified Fire Authority
by Jeremy Harris and Cimaron Neugebauer | KUTV2
January 18, 2017
Ex-fire official: Audit showing misuse of funds is unfair
By Michelle L. Price | Associated Press at KSL.com
January 18, 2017
Inside the spending habits of Unified Fire Authority leaders
By Katie McKellar | Deseret News
August 23, 2016
King of Fire – Under cloud of controversy, UFA Chief Michael Jensen resigns
By Colby Frazier | City Weekly
August 12, 2016
Unified fire chief announces ‘mutual separation’ with agency amid audits
By Ben Lockhart | KSL.com
August 12, 2016
UFA Chief stepping down amid audits of department’s finances
By Matt McDonald | Fox13
August 12, 2016
State Auditor to scrutinize Unified Fire Authority after top officers got bonuses
By Christopher Smart | The Salt Lake Tribune
August 12, 2016
UFA Chief has “Mutual Separation” After Audit Announced
By Glen Beeby | ABC4 Utah
August 8, 2016
State auditor investigating UFA for ‘improper compensation,’ ‘potential misuse of public funds’
By Katie McKellar | Deseret News
August 4, 2016
Money To Burn – Unified Fire Authority chief feels heat from escalating bonuses
By Colby Frazier | City Weekly
July 6, 2016
State Auditor Announces Oath of Office Ceremony, January 2, 2017
Utah’s top leaders sworn in for another term
By KSL.com | January 2, 2017
The party is Wednesday, but Gov. Gary Herbert’s real swearing in took place Monday
By Matt Canham | The Salt Lake Tribune
January 2, 2017