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St. Paul, MN
Joined June 2009
The Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) has begun work on new evaluations. We welcome your input as we refine the issues we plan to address within those evaluations: online2.snapsurveys.com/e34gโ€ฆ
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The Office of the Legislative Auditor has released the program evaluation report, ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘Ž ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ƒ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐ท๐‘’๐‘“๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘’ (auditor.leg.state.mn.us/ped/โ€ฆ).
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OLA will release the program evaluation report, Minnesota Board of Public Defense, on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. The report will be presented to the Legislative Audit Commission at 2:00 p.m. in State Capitol G23 and livestreamed on youtube.com/channel/UCfJyhBZโ€ฆ.
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The Office of the Legislative Auditor has released a summary report: OLA Summary of Optum Vulnerability Assessment. The report is available at: auditor.leg.state.mn.us/srevโ€ฆ
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OLA has released the program evaluation, Assisted Living Facility Licensing (auditor.leg.state.mn.us/ped/โ€ฆ). We found that MDH has performed some of its responsibilities well, but it should make improvements related to inspections, transparency, and coordinating with other agencies.
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OLA will release the program evaluation report, Assisted Living Facility Licensing, on Wed., Sept. 9, at 9:00 a.m. The report will be presented to the Legislative Audit Commission at 10:00 a.m. in State Capitol G23 (livestreamed via youtube.com/channel/UCfJyhBZโ€ฆ).
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The Office of the Legislative Auditor has released the program evaluation report, Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program (auditor.leg.state.mn.us/ped/โ€ฆ).In the report, we make several recommendations to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the Legislature.
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The OLA has released the program evaluation report, Voter Registration (auditor.leg.state.mn.us/ped/โ€ฆ). In the report, we made several recommendations to counties, the Office of the Secretary of State, and the Legislature to improve aspects of the voter registration system.
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The Office of the Legislative Auditor will release the program evaluation, ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ (๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜ž๐˜˜๐˜Š๐˜—), on Friday, July 10, 2026, at 12:00 p.m.
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OLA will release the evaluation report, Voter Registration, on Wed, July 8, to the Legislative Audit Commission at 1:00 p.m. in 1100 Senate Bldg (streamed via youtube.com/channel/UCfJyhBZโ€ฆ), and available on OLAโ€™s website at 12:00 p.m.
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Prior to this, the commission will also pick final topics for OLA to evaluate in 2026-27.
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The Office of the Legislative Auditor's Financial Audit Division has released the special examination, ๐ท๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ : ๐ธ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘†๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š. auditor.leg.state.mn.us/fad/โ€ฆ
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The Office of the Legislative Auditor's Financial Audit Division will release the special examination, ๐ท๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ : ๐ธ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘†๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š, on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
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The Office of the Legislative Auditor's Financial Audit Division has released the performance audit, ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘Ž ๐ผ๐‘‡ ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘ : ๐ถ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘‘-๐ต๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘โ„Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘ฆ ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘ . auditor.leg.state.mn.us/fad/โ€ฆ
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The Office of the Legislative Auditor's Financial Audit Division will release the report, ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜๐˜› ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด: ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ-๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
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The Office of the Legislative Auditor has released the special review report, Department of Human Services Investigations of Alleged Kickbacks in the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention Program. auditor.leg.state.mn.us/srevโ€ฆ
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The Office of the Legislative Auditor will release the special review report, Department of Human Services Investigations of Alleged Kickbacks in the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention Program, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.
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The Office of the Legislative Auditor's Financial Audit Division has released the performance audit, ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ: ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ. auditor.leg.state.mn.us/fad/โ€ฆ
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OLA has begun work on new evaluations auditor.leg.state.mn.us/ped/โ€ฆ. You can submit suggestions or comments related to these evaluations: online2.snapsurveys.com/j828โ€ฆ
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The Office of the Legislative Auditor has released the report, 2026 ๐˜–๐˜“๐˜ˆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜œ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. auditor.leg.state.mn.us/ped/โ€ฆ
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