Congressional & Legislative Outreach Tools

The NSAA Education and Outreach Task Force was created in June 2025 under the leadership of NSAA President and Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy. Its mission is to strengthen education and outreach between NSAA principals and state and national public policy makers. The group supports this work by developing communication tools and strategies for both written outreach and in-person engagement.

The goal is to help policy makers and other key stakeholders understand the essential role state auditors play in promoting government accountability and transparency. State auditors should be recognized as trusted resources and subject matter experts on audit practices nationwide.

To advance this mission, the task force developed three core strategies. Click the links below to access best practices and practical tools in each area.

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Strategy 1: Establish and Build Relationships with Congressional Members/Staff
Strategy 2: Targeted Communications
Strategy 3: Organized Congressional Outreach

The NASACT Community

NASACT serves as the premier organization working to bring together state auditors, state comptrollers and state treasurers to cooperatively address government financial management issues. NASACT also manages two secretariats - the National State Auditors Association (NSAA) and the National Association of State Comptrollers (NASC). Both NSAA and NASC are included under the umbrella of NASACT’s budget and utilize staff hired by NASACT.