Columbus Dispatch...
Auditor has tips for localities to get ‘skinny’
By Catherine Candisky
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
State Auditor Dave Yost unveiled a new website yesterday that he hopes
will help local governments and school districts streamline operations
and save tax dollars.
SkinnyOhio.org features ideas and best practices taken from performance
audits of government entities across the state. Information will
include tips on developing staffing plans to helping guide hiring
decisions and consolidating dispatching systems for public-safety
forces.
“Everybody talks about lean government, but it’s harder to do than to
say,” Yost said. “This website will provide the ‘how’ for local
governments.”
The help comes as local governments and school districts prepare for
major cuts in state funding. A two-year state budget approved by the
House last week would cut $800 million in aid to schools and reduce
local-government funding by $640 million.
At a Statehouse news conference, Yost said that suggestions and information will be added frequently to the website.
During his campaign, Yost, who took office in January, pledged to step
up efforts to identify fraud and waste. Yost said a performance audit
of the auditor’s office has begun and should be completed in August.
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