AUDITOR ROLES, INC.
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA

Auditor Roles in Government Performance Measurement to help auditors learn how to implement the practices effectively; The credibility that auditors can add to performance information will increase the interest in relevant and reliable performance data by elected officials and the public, and will increase the value and use of performance information for decision making and accountability. Initially, this project will focus on auditors serving local, state, and provincial governments in the United States and Canada.  However, most auditor roles and practices emphasized here should be applicable to all levels of government and to other countries, so users of this website from other countries, from other levels of government, or from multi-lateral organizations may find useful information here.  Eventually, the project team may reach out to auditors from other countries and levels of government, both as users of project resources and training, and as a source of exemplary practices that can be shared with government auditors around the world. Epstein & Fass Associates is a New York City-based consulting firm with over 25 years’ experience in improving government performance measurement and management at all levels in North America and at the United Nations, and in developing and implementing practices of effective governance. Auditor Roles in Government Performance Measurement to help auditors learn how to implement the practices effectively; The credibility that auditors can add to performance information will increase the interest in relevant and reliable performance data by elected officials and the public, and will increase the value and use of performance information for decision making and accountability. Initially, this project will focus on auditors serving local, state, and provincial governments in the United States and Canada.  However, most auditor roles and practices emphasized here should be applicable to all levels of government and to other countries, so users of this website from other countries, from other levels of government, or from multi-lateral organizations may find useful information here.  Eventually, the project team may reach out to auditors from other countries and levels of government, both as users of project resources and training, and as a source of exemplary practices that can be shared with government auditors around the world. Epstein & Fass Associates is a New York City-based consulting firm with over 25 years’ experience in improving government performance measurement and management at all levels in North America and at the United Nations, and in developing and implementing practices of effective governance. Auditor Roles in Government Performance Measurement to help auditors learn how to implement the practices effectively; The credibility that auditors can add to performance information will increase the interest in relevant and reliable performance data by elected officials and the public, and will increase the value and use of performance information for decision making and accountability. Initially, this project will focus on auditors serving local, state, and provincial governments in the United States and Canada.  However, most auditor roles and practices emphasized here should be applicable to all levels of government and to other countries, so users of this website from other countries, from other levels of government, or from multi-lateral organizations may find useful information here.  Eventually, the project team may reach out to auditors from other countries and levels of government, both as users of project resources and training, and as a source of exemplary practices that can be shared with government auditors around the world. Epstein & Fass Associates is a New York City-based consulting firm with over 25 years’ experience in improving government performance measurement and management at all levels in North America and at the United Nations, and in developing and implementing practices of effective governance. Winnipeg Auditor Adds Chief Performance Officer to His Auditor Roles The City Audior of Winnipeg was appointed Chief Performance Officer in addition to his regular audit responsibilities. He has used the roles and practices on this website to help shape Chief Performance Officer activities to ensure decision makers have access to quality performance information and to advise and assist in implementing performance management systems.  Since 2007, the Office of the City Auditor of Tallahasee, Florida, has helped spur important progress, providing an early form of public reporting and assisting city departments in developing “vital signs” performance measures requested by the city’s elected body, the City Commission. The State of Oregon conducted a statewide series of performance measure “Integrity Audits,” an initiative designed to assure the reliability of “Key Performance Measures.” The integrity audits help ensure that decision makers have confidence in the data used in performance management, including data used in budgeting and reporting to citizens.  Auditor Roles Keynote Inter-American Conference On the invitation of the Inter-American Development Bank, a principal of the Auditor Roles Project provided a keynote address on auditors' roles in improving government performance management at a Managing for Results Conference of Superior Audit Institutions of Latin America and the Caribbean region, in Santiago, Chile.