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Office of the Legislative Auditor

Recently Released

Office of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor (November 4)

The Office of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor generally did not comply with the criteria we tested. We identified a significant number of instances of noncompliance and internal control deficiencies related to receipts, inventory, and payroll and nonpayroll expenditures.

Released Earlier

Program Evaluation

Department of Natural Resources Land Acquisition  (April 25)
Guardianship of Adults (April 2)
Department of Employment and Economic Development Grants Management (March 21)
Community Benefit Expenditures at Nonprofit Hospitals (February 19)

Financial Audit

Implementation of 2023 Performance Audit Recommendations (September 22)
Department of Public Safety – Driver and Vehicle Data Sales (September 17)
Metropolitan Council: Southwest Light Rail Transit Construction (April 7)
Office of the State Auditor (January 29)
Ignition Interlock Device Program  (January 15)

Special Review

Department of Natural Resources Timber Harvest Decisions in Wildlife Management Areas (October 14)
The Department of Natural Resources’ Administration of the Shade Tree Bonding Grants Program (June 26)
MINNCOR Industries’ Contracting Practices for Interstate Commerce (June 5)

Notices

  • The Office of the Legislative Auditor has over 50 years of strengthening accountability and providing legislative oversight of Minnesota state government.
    A brief overview of OLA’s history.

  • The Office of the Legislative Auditor's Financial Audit Division will release the performance audit, Office of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.

    The audit’s key findings and recommendations will be presented to the Legislative Audit Commission that morning at 10:00 a.m. in room G-3 State Capitol.

    The report will be streamed via YouTube.
  • The LAC Evaluation Subcommittee met on October 6, 2025, and selected the following program evaluation topics for possible evaluation in 2026:
    1. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Services in Public Schools
    2. DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) Investigations
    3. Enterprise Talent Development (ETD)
    4. Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR)
    5. Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) Safety Inspections
    6. Nonemergency Medical Transportation and Nonemergency Medical Transportation Fraud Prevention as a combined topic
    7. State Oversight of Long-Term Care Insurance
    8. State Regulation of Nursing Home Care
    9. Taxpayer’s Transportation Accountability Act (TTAA)
    10. Waiver Reimagine
    In the following weeks, OLA will prepare background information on these program evaluation topics and present this information to the LAC for consideration when selecting final topics.
Office of the Legislative Auditor, Room 140, 658 Cedar St., St. Paul, MN 55155 : legislative.auditor@state.mn.us or 651‑296‑4708