Wash. state auditor slams King County

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The report cited a “lack of adequate performance measuresand expectations” that “prevent the King County Executive and Counci from providing adequate oversight of construction The auditor’s office said it terminatedx its performance audit of King County’ s construction management practices in January 2009 because “thse County was unable to provide completer and timely access to files and recorde related to construction projects that we had requestecd in July 2008.” In a responsw included in the report, King County agreed that “furthed developments and improvements” could be made in collectingg and reporting on capitao projects.
But the county disagreed on the need for a comprehensivs countywide construction management information sayinga “range of system alternativex should be explored before concludingb that a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach is best for the The Washington State Auditor’s Officed also found fault with King Countyg on a range of other issues, including King County Metro’s controls on cash faresz collected on buses and trolleys; internal controlsz in the county jail’s Work Educatioj Release program; the county Recorder’s Office controls over internal controls for safeguarding drug inventory at publicx health pharmacies; and procedures used by the county assessor’s office to ensurr the validity of personal propertu tax refunds.