Office Publications
2020 Auditor of State Annual Report
The accomplishments and achievements of the Auditor of State's office in 2020. Click Here.
DAS Fleet Management Performance Audit
Read the results of the performance audit of the DAS Fleet Management Click Here.
OPT Performance Audit
Learn about the Ohio Performance Team's year of auditing state agencies. Click Here.
Ohio EPA Performance Audit
Read about the Ohio EPA's 2019 performance audit report Click Here.
Mental Health and Addiction Services
The 2019 Mental Health and Addiction Services performance audit report Click Here.
The Yellow Book: Ohio Sunshine Laws
A manual for the Ohio Public Records Act and Ohio Open Meetings Act Click Here.
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
For the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2020.
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Along the Ohio Trail
Join your trail guide, Simon, for a hike through Ohio’s history.
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Ohio Lands Book
Learn about the development of Ohio's land and the people who contributed to the growth of our state. Click Here.
Keeping Audit Costs Low
The Auditor of State’s office offers two options to lower audit costs for our clients. Learn More.
Publications
- Cybercrime Prevention
- Keeping Audit Costs Low: AUPs and Basic Audits
- What Can I Do to Lower My Audit Costs?
- 2019 Desk Calendar
- 2020 Desk Calendar
Fact sheets
- FHI User's Guide
- SNAP graphics
- Press kit
- • Office overview
- • Auditor Keith Faber bio
- • Fiscal Integrity Act
- • Fiscal Distress
- • LGS
- • What is an AUP?
- • Ohio Performance Team
- • Special Investigations Unit
- • Office contacts
- • Published articles
- • Reporting fraud
- • Best Practices 2004-2017
- • October 2017
- • November 2017
- • December 2017
Best Practices
Reports
- 2018 FHI update
- Special Report: Reporting Crime on Ohio's Public Campuses
- Special Report: School District Performance Audits
- Special Report: Crowdfunding Classrooms
- Special Report: The Opioid Crisis
- Special Report: Path out of the Red
- Special Report: Noncompliance in Ohio's Medicaid program poses dangers, wastes tax dollars
- FHI Update
- Special Report: Pocketed Payments
- Special Report: Credit Card Dangers
- Special Report: Financial Health Indicators
- Special Report: Weighing the costs and benefits of open enrollment
- 2018 NSAA Peer Review Opinion
- 2019 Sunshine Audit Report
- 2016 Report on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- 2015 East Cleveland Financial Planning Commission Report
- First School Attendance Audit (2013)
- First Charter School Attendance Audit (2015)
- Ohio Auditor of State Performance Audit
- Ohio Department of Transportation Performance Audit
- Ohio Department of Education Performance Audit
- Ohio Department of Job & Family Services Performance Audit
- Ohio Housing & Finance Agency Performance Audit
- Ohio Department of Natural Resources Performance Audit
- Ohio Department of Transportation Performance Audit
- Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Performance Audit
- Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Performance Audit
- Lake County Capital Equipment Utilization Study
Performance Audits
Manuals
- Ohio Property and Evidence Room Best Practices Manual
- Ohio Compliance Supplement Manuals
- The Yellow Book: Open Government Resource Manual
- County Board of Developmental Disabilities Manual
- Guidelines for Developing Policies for Student Activity Programs
- Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities Behavioral Health Handbook
- Ohio County Treasurer's Manual 2018
- Ohio Sheriff's Manual
- Ohio Township Handbook
- School District Self Assessment Guide
- Uniform System of Accounting for Agricultural Societies
- Uniform School Accounting System User Manual
- Village Officer's Handbook
- Audit Committee Toolkit (.zip)