State Auditor Releases New Finance Resources

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  The State Auditor's Office (SAO) has released updated financial resources for Washington local governments“New resource for counties and special purpose districts (PDF): County-SPD relationships can be complex, especially when it comes to required versus optional services, warrant payments and opening separate bank accounts. Our latest guide, Requirements of counties to provide certain services to special purpose districts (PDF), clarifies what they’re required to do for special purpose districts, plus fee limitations and warrant practices. It’s designed to help finance staff navigate complex statutes with confidence.”
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  The State Auditor's Office (SAO) released a new guide on county-special purpose district relationships“New resource for counties and special purpose districts (PDF): County-SPD relationships can be complex, especially when it comes to required versus optional services, warrant payments and opening separate bank accounts. Our latest guide, Requirements of counties to provide certain services to special purpose districts (PDF), clarifies what they’re required to do for special purpose districts, plus fee limitations and warrant practices. It’s designed to help finance staff navigate complex statutes with confidence.”
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  The State Auditor's Office (SAO) updated its segregation of duties guide“Updated Segregation of duties guide (PDF): We recently updated one of our most popular resources, the Segregation of duties guide, now with a new chapter focusing on federal awards.”
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  The new guide clarifies which services counties are required to provide to special purpose districts“Requirements of counties to provide certain services to special purpose districts (PDF), clarifies what they’re required to do for special purpose districts, plus fee limitations and warrant practices.”
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  The new guide includes fee limitations“Requirements of counties to provide certain services to special purpose districts (PDF), clarifies what they’re required to do for special purpose districts, plus fee limitations and warrant practices.”
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  The new guide includes warrant practices“Warrant payments and opening separate bank accounts. Our latest guide, Requirements of counties to provide certain services to special purpose districts (PDF), clarifies what they’re required to do for special purpose districts, plus fee limitations and warrant practices.”
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  The segregation of duties guide was updated to include a chapter on federal awards“Updated Segregation of duties guide (PDF): We recently updated one of our most popular resources, the Segregation of duties guide, now with a new chapter focusing on federal awards.”
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  The updated segregation of duties guide includes best practices for using technology to manage financial responsibilities“The Guide includes: Duties you should segregate, given certain roles for a specific financial process Best practices for using technology to enforce segregation of duties Example strategies you might use to assign tasks and responsibilities when you have only one, two or three employees”
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  These resources aim to help finance staff navigate complex financial regulations“County-SPD relationships can be complex, especially when it comes to required versus optional services, warrant payments and opening separate bank accounts. Our latest guide, Requirements of counties to provide certain services to special purpose districts (PDF), clarifies what they’re required to do for special purpose districts, plus fee limitations and warrant practices. It’s designed to help finance staff navigate complex statutes with confidence.”
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  Local governments can access the tools through the SAO website“SAO’s Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT): FIT is a free, publicly available tool that lets anyone explore financial data reported by Washington’s cities, counties and special purpose districts. Follow the money with FIT today.”
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  Local governments can access the SAO Navigator webpage through the SAO website“Whether you’re new to government or just want a refresher on where to find relevant resources, SAO’s Navigator for Government Employees webpage can help. The Navigator brings together key information and resources you’ll need when working with SAO, such as annual report filing assistance, key dates and deadlines, and much more. Bookmark the webpage now to reference later. You can also subscribe to the SAO Navigator newsletter here to make sure you don't miss any updates.”
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  Local governments can access the Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT) through the SAO website“SAO’s Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT): FIT is a free, publicly available tool that lets anyone explore financial data reported by Washington’s cities, counties and special purpose districts. Follow the money with FIT today.”
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  The Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT) allows public access to government financial data“SAO’s Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT): FIT is a free, publicly available tool that lets anyone explore financial data reported by Washington’s cities, counties and special purpose districts. Follow the money with FIT today.”