State Auditors Meet in Beaver Creek for 38th Annual Conference
Communications, HR & Pension Auditing Top Agenda
NSAA President Dianne Ray recently welcomed state auditors to Colorado for the thirty-eighth annual conference of the National State Auditors Association. The conference was held June 14-16 at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek and featured a record attendance of nearly 150, including 37 principal state auditors and representation from 43 member offices. The conference was preceded on June 13 by a day of meetings of NSAA’s committees.
Technical Agenda & Other Activities
The conference featured two roundtable sessions and several general sessions covering a diverse range of topics. PowerPoint presentations and speaker bios from the conference are available at www.nasact.org/2016_nsaa_materials.
Awards & Resolutions
An awards lunch was held on Wednesday, June 15. President Ray announced the winner of the 2016 NSAA William R. Snodgrass Distinguished Leadership Award: Elaine Howle, state auditor of California.
Greg Hook, deputy legislative auditor of Maryland and chairman of NSAA’s Excellence in Accountability Awards Committee, announced this year’s Excellence in Accountability Awards. Receiving those awards were:
Several resolutions were approved by members at the annual June business meeting:
Acknowledgments
NSAA wishes to thank all those who helped with the conference, especially Dianne Ray and staff from her office. Active involvement by the state audit community is the reason for that: thanks to all who participated and attended.
Last but not least, thanks to this year’s conference sponsors: ACL, Arbutus Software, Bronner Group, CliftonLarsonAllen, Eide Bailly, Governing Magazine and TeamMate.
Technical Agenda & Other Activities
The conference featured two roundtable sessions and several general sessions covering a diverse range of topics. PowerPoint presentations and speaker bios from the conference are available at www.nasact.org/2016_nsaa_materials.
Awards & Resolutions
An awards lunch was held on Wednesday, June 15. President Ray announced the winner of the 2016 NSAA William R. Snodgrass Distinguished Leadership Award: Elaine Howle, state auditor of California.
Greg Hook, deputy legislative auditor of Maryland and chairman of NSAA’s Excellence in Accountability Awards Committee, announced this year’s Excellence in Accountability Awards. Receiving those awards were:
- Large Performance Audit: South Carolina Legislative Audit Council
- Small Performance Audit: Massachusetts Office of the Auditor of the Commonwealth
- Special Project: Washington State Auditor’s Office
- Forensic Report: North Carolina Office of the State Auditor
Several resolutions were approved by members at the annual June business meeting:
- Thanking President Ray for her service.
- Wishing Bob Peterson, state auditor of North Dakota, well upon his retirement.
- Wishing Tori Hunthausen, Legislative Auditor of Montana, well upon her retirement.
- Wishing Robert Ward, state auditor of Connecticut, well upon his retirement.
- Wishing Gary Blackmer, previous director of Oregon’s Division of audits, well upon his retirement.
Acknowledgments
NSAA wishes to thank all those who helped with the conference, especially Dianne Ray and staff from her office. Active involvement by the state audit community is the reason for that: thanks to all who participated and attended.
Last but not least, thanks to this year’s conference sponsors: ACL, Arbutus Software, Bronner Group, CliftonLarsonAllen, Eide Bailly, Governing Magazine and TeamMate.