Auditing Utah state agencies
Legislative audits and required reports on state agencies: what auditors found, what the agencies promised and when.
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Audit: Utah’s economic development office could not consistently show how nearly $249 million in awards was used
A Sept. 15 legislative audit of fiscal 2023–25 found missing budgets, incomplete final reports and untracked outcomes. It reported no new misspending. The office accepted every recommendation, with Aug. 31, 2027 target dates.
- Politics
Audit: State building agency did not oversee 17 of 18 projects reviewed and overpaid a janitorial contract by $677,669
The Sept. 15 audit of the Division of Facilities Construction and Management found building code problems on all six projects checked. The division concurred with every recommendation and set target dates from Oct. 31, 2026 through January 2028.
- Politics
Audit: World Trade Center Utah met its state contract deliverables; auditors want outcomes verified before a new contract
The nonprofit received about $2.2 million through two state contracts in fiscal 2025. Its GOED contract expires Dec. 31, 2026. Auditors recommended checking reported trade results and spelling out how state money is spent.
- Politics
Utah’s records appeals office reports shorter hearing waits and asks for authority to decline some hearings
In its first full year, the Government Records Office says average hearing waits fell from about 130 days to within the 64-day guideline, ending at 52. New appeals jumped to 309. It asks lawmakers for more discretion over hearings.