Washington State Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee (JLARC): Legislative Auditor's Annual Report, January 2015

The Legislature’s Performance Auditor

The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee (JLARC) is the Legislature’s performance auditor, working to make state government operations more effective, efficient, and accountable.

JLARC pursues its mission by conducting performance audits, program evaluations, sunset reviews, and other analyses at the direction of the Legislature. Based on these assignments, JLARC’s non-partisan staff auditors, under the direction of the Legislative Auditor, independently seek answers to audit questions and issue recommendations to improve performance.

During 2015, reports were presented by staff to the Committee covering topics ranging from public lands to injured worker insurance to tax preference. This annual report provides examples of that work and work JLARC will undertake in the coming years.

JLARC Members

Senators Representatives
Randi Becker Jake Fey
John Braun, Chair Larry Haler
Sharon Brown Christine Kilduff
Annette Cleveland Drew MacEwen
David Frockt Ed Orcutt, Secretary
Bob Hasegawa Gerry Pollet
Mark Mullet, Asst. Secretary Derek Stanford, Vice Chair
Ann Rivers Drew Stokesbary
Legislative Auditor Deputy Legislative Auditor
Keenan Konopaski John Woolley

A special effort to make the Committee’s work easy to understand

To make our work more accessible, and recognizing that most people access information through the Web, our reports are now web-based and sized for all devices, including smart phones. The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) recognized this leading-edge effort by awarding JLARC with a “Notable Document” award.