Mark Funkhouser is President, Funkhouser & Associates. He is one of the founders of the International Center for Performance Auditing (ICPA) and previously spent 18 years with the Office of the City Auditor of Kansas and 10 years with the Tennessee Division of State Audit. He's been the Mayor of Kansas City, had spells in academia and publishing and has written a book on performance auditing.
In this episode, we discuss:
Why performance auditors need information, ideas and allies
PA is global - look to colleagues, peers and consider work from outside your jurisdiction/country
The importance of equity, engaging citizens in your work and the overall ‘user experience’
Why it’s ‘baloney’ to think that your report will speak for itself
Links:
Mark Funkhouser on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-funkhouser/
Funkhouser & Associates - https://mayorfunk.com/
(0m 12s) Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury – State Audit
(8m 25s) Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (CAAF)
(9m 35s) U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
(10m 34s) Improving Aboriginal Children’s Ear Health, Office of the Auditor General, Western Australia
(13m 3s) Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA)
(13m 37s) Knighton Award
(14m 0s) King County Auditor’s Office
(14m 56s) Honest, Competent Government: The Promise of Performance Auditing, Mark Funkhouser |
(20m 13s) Enforcing in the Dark, Netherlands Court of Audit
(20m 43s) Library Services Performance Audit: The Library Needs to Improve its Services to Equitably Meet Diverse Community Needs, Long Beach City Auditor, California
(22m 17s) Performance Audit Report on Emergency Obstetric Care in Public Health Facilities in the Gambia, National Audit Office the Gambia
(25m 34s) International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI)
(25m 43s) INTOSAI Development Initiative
(26m 34s) Liz Farmer, Long Story Short Newsletter
(29m 16s) POLICE INVESTIGATIONS: Improvements needed to address relatively low clearance rates, Office of the City Auditor, Portland, Oregon
(31m 42s) The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (2020)
(31m 43s) American Rescue Plan Act (2021)
(32m 26s) Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (2021)
(33m 01s) International Center for Performance Auditing (ICPA)
(35m 02s) Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
About this podcast
The podcast for performance auditors.
Hosted by Conor McGarrity and Yusuf Moolla.
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