Press Releases

September 14, 2023

NEAR Act Reforms Advance Procedural Justice but Data Initiatives Stall

August 24, 2023

D.C. Spent Half Billion in 2020 COVID Relief Funds Without Council Authorization

June 28, 2023

COVID Outcomes in D.C. Nursing Homes Better than National Average

May 30, 2023

D.C. Auditor Names New Law Enforcement Accountability Official

March 30, 2023

Multiple HVAC Failures Found in Roosevelt High’s $136M Modernization

March 23, 2023

Auditor Calls for Transparency on D.C. 911 Calls

February 9, 2023

ODCA Recommendation Compliance Report Shows Successes, Challenges

February 7, 2023

Another Term for D.C. Auditor Kathy Patterson

January 4, 2023

New Economic Model Shows Flat Growth in D.C. Real Estate

December 1, 2022

D.C.’s Forensics Lab Fails to Achieve Independence

November 28, 2022

Department of General Services Mishandles Repairs of Schools, Other Facilities

October 24, 2022

ODCA Receives Highest Rating from National Legislative Program Evaluation Society

October 19, 2022

ODCA Selects Alexander Weiss Consulting to Conduct Metropolitan Police Department Staffing Study

October 6, 2022

36 Fired MPD Officers Reinstated, Receive $14M in Back Pay

August 17, 2022

Auditor Issues Events DC Certification of Sufficiency

June 7, 2022

New report: NEAR Act Programs Can & Should Be Strengthened

May 10, 2022

D.C. Auditor Statement on At-Risk Funding Amendment

March 23, 2022

Auditor’s Economic Forecast Model Shows Slow, Steady Growth

February 3, 2022

ODCA Recommendation Compliance Report Shows Successes, Challenges

January 18, 2022

Eliot-Hine Modernization Report Finds Opportunities for Improvement

November 16, 2021

D.C. Voting During COVID: Confusion, Frustration, and Unprecedented Challenges

August 10, 2021

D.C. Council Requires Plan to Improve Education Data

August 10, 2021

D.C. Council Requires Plan to Improve Education Data

March 10, 2021

D.C.’s Failure to Establish Longitudinal Data System Imperils School Effectiveness, Student Progress, Learning Loss Recovery

October 19, 2020

School Modernization Program Could Improve Contract Controls

December 7, 2020

Audit Finds D.C. Agencies Initiated Effort to Improve Risk Management, Reduce Liability Costs

October 5, 2020

ODCA Selects Fors Marsh Group LLC to Conduct Fair Elections Study

December 23, 2020

ODCA Selects Federal Engineering, Inc. to Conduct OUC Study

July 28, 2020

ODCA Joins National Audit Task Force on Tracking COVID-19

January 9, 2020

New Research Finds D.C. School Choice Results in Declining Resources for High Poverty Schools

July 16, 2019

Domestic Violence Prevention Efforts in D.C. Show Significant Improvements

May 30, 2019

Red Flags in Selection of Housing Production Trust Fund Projects

March 13, 2019

ODCA Selects Firm for Public Education Data Audit

Elected Officials Created Special Purpose Revenue Funs Then "Swept" $142M for Other Purposes

December 20, 2018

D.C. Employee Travel Payment Policies Need Improvement

November 13, 2018

Student Learning Plans: Options for a Pilot Project in D.C. Press Release

December 7, 2018

New Report Shows Progress in Funding Mechanisms for D.C.’s Early Intervention Program, But Further Improvements Necessary

September 28, 2018

Enrollment Study Press Release 9.28.18

November 21, 2017

Auditor: 2015 Mismanagement of Vacant/Blighted Program Cost Close to $1M

November 20, 2017

DC Auditor seeks proposals for a study of enrollment in D.C. Public Schools, including current methodology and future projections

February 7, 2017

D.C. Auditor Patterson Reconfirmed by D.C. Council

January 25, 2017

Changes Proposed to the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Could Cost the District $1 Billion or More Each Year

January 11, 2017

D.C. Spent $41 Million in Emergency Contingency Funds Responding to Winter Storm Jonas, and Could Have Saved Money through Negotiation and Improved Management of Retainer Contracts

January 1, 2016

Energy Funds Reallocated for Other Purposes

January 1, 2016

D.C. Auditor Releases Report Recommending OAH Reforms

January 1, 2016

ODCA Launches New Blog and Podcast – Checked & Balanced

October 7, 2016

Auditor Recommends Bringing DCPS Food Services Back In House

June 7, 2016

The District of Columbia Voter File Needs Improvement

May 31, 2016

Costs More Than Double for New Ellington School for the Arts

April 22, 2016

Report Recommends Stronger Private Sector Role for Summer Youth Employment Program

March 17, 2016

Audit Recommends DYRS Streamline Management, Improve Performance Reporting

March 9, 2016

Bowser Administration Implementing Reforms Recommended in Audit of Contract for Homeless Services

June 3, 2015

Statement by D.C. Auditor Kathy Patterson on An Evaluation of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia: Reform in a Changing Landscape

July 23, 2015

Auditor Commissions 10-Year Evaluation of the Office of Administrative Hearings

June 18, 2015

D.C. Auditor: Recommendations of Rosenbaum Task Force Not Fully Implemented

June 1, 2015

Office of the District of Columbia Auditor Releases Audit on the Sick and Safe Leave Act

March 17, 2015

Charter School Media Advisory

March 17, 2015

D.C. Auditor Cites Progress in Oversight of Charter Schools

December 31, 2014

Patterson Assumes Position as D.C. Auditor

November 18, 2013

Office of the District of Columbia Auditor Switches to Automatic Clearing House (ACH) Electronic Transfer for Disbursing ANC Allotments

September 30, 2013

Office of the District of Columbia Auditor Releases Audit of Non-District Resident Students Enrolled in Public Schools

June 25, 2013

Office of the District of Columbia Auditor Releases report on District of Columbia Agencies’ Compliance with Fiscal Year 2012 Small Business Enterprise Expenditure Goals

June 25, 2013

Office of the District of Columbia Auditor Releases Audit of the District of Columbia Boxing and Wrestling Commission

June 19, 2013

Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008 Press Release

March 21, 2013

Office of the District of Columbia Auditor Releases Audit of Affordable Housing Mandates

March 12, 2013

Office of the District of Columbia Auditor Releases a Review of the Fraud Prevention Fund

February 22, 2013

Audit of the District's Workforce Development Programs

January 18, 2013

Office of the District of Columbia Auditor Releases Report on Certified Business Enterprise Expenditures of Public-Private Development Construction Projects

September 7, 2012

Press Release DCPS Closure and Consolidation

August 20, 2012

District of Columbia Agencies' Compliance with Small Business Enterprise Expenditure Goals through the 3rd Quarter of Fiscal Year 2012PR072012

August 9, 2012

Office of the District of Columbia Auditor Releases District of Columbia Public Schools Budget Report

July 12, 2012

WCSA FY13 Certification Report Press Release

June 25, 2012

Office of the District of Columbia Auditor Releases Report on District Government Agencies' Compliance with Small Business Enterprise Expenditure Goals

April 23, 2012

Office of the District of Columbia Auditor Releases Review Of Permanent Supportive Housing Program

January 20, 2012

Office of the District of Columbia Auditor Announces New Legal Counsel Tia L. Clark

December 8, 2011

Office of the District of Columbia Auditor Releases Public Service Commission Agency Fund Reports

October 24, 2011

New DC Auditor Web Site

October 12, 2011

FY 12 Audit Work Plan