The Aud Pod
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The Aud Pod
A podcast from the Office of the Washington State Auditor? Yes, your dream has come true. OK, maybe you think it will be about boring and complicated audit stuff but we plan to confound your expectations. Our goal with The Aud Pod is to give you some inside scoop on what we do, make our work easier...
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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...