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Welcome to the Department of Audit

The Department of Audit's primary responsibility is to audit the financial statements of the State of Maine and expenditures of federal programs. We conduct our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller of the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform our audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.

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Location:
Flagg/Dummer Building
Hallowell Annex
9 Beech Street
Hallowell, Maine 04347

Mailing Address:
66 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0066		 Phone:
207-624-6250

Fax:
207-624-6273

Business Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Monday through Friday

Driving directions from the State House.

 

What’s New?

Hotline Maine State Auditor’s Fraud Hotline

You can help improve efficiency and eliminate waste in State government by reporting incidents of suspected fraud, waste, inefficiency or abuse to me, the Maine State Auditor. Please give me the important details. I have developed a web-based report form for your use. Submit it on-line any time; print and mail or fax it; or call us, M-F, 8 to 4.   Maine law allows us to keep your identity confidential. 

Thanks,

Neria R. Douglass, Maine State Auditor

Information Related to the Deparment of Audit

2007 Peer Review - DOWNLOAD the peer review letter.

The State of Maine Department of Audit received the highest possible opinion during its recently completed peer review. The favorable opinion was transmitted to the State Auditor's Office in an October 18, 2007 letter. The peer review is mandated by Government Auditing Standards created by the Comptroller General of the United States through the Government Accountability Office. The review occurs once every three years.

2007 National Single Audit Sampling Project - DOWNLOAD the full report.

The State of Maine Department of Audit was also included in the National Single Audit Sampling Project, which conducted quality control reviews of 208 audit entities. The Maine Department of Audit was included in Stratum I (Audits of entities expending greater than $50 million in federal awards). Of the 96 entities reviewed in Stratum I, the Department of Audit was 1 of the 8 government audit entities all which had acceptable audits. Of the 87 Certified Public Accountant (CPA) entities in Stratum I, 23 (or 26%) had unacceptable audits.

Model Chart of Accounts for Municipal and County Governments - DOWNLOAD

We are required by the 2007 Private and Special Laws of the 123rd Legislature, Chapter 3 to make the model chart of accounts available via the Department of Audit's web site. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the file.

Special Reports Document Format
09/17/2007 - Special Report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services - Medicaid and State Children's Insurance (SCHIP) Programs Adobe PDF
04/10/2007 - Auditor's Presentation to the Association of Government Accountants PowerPoint
03/05/2007 - Report to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture Adobe PDF
01/16/2007 - Auditor's Presentation to the State and Local Government Committee Adobe PDF
08/24/06 - Auditor's Presentation to the Appropriations Committee PowerPoint
02/08/06 - Department of Audit Open House Slide Show Presentation PowerPoint
01/11/06 - Auditor's Presentation to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services Adobe PDF
01/19/06 - Auditor's Presentation to the Appropriations Committee Adobe PDF
01/19/06 - Auditor's Presentation to the Appropriations Committee (Power Point Presentation in Adobe Acrobat) Adobe PDF

 

 

INTERESTING INFORMATION

  • “The General Accountability Office of the United States has calculated the per person share of the nation's current debt at $24,000 per person. The projected debt is calculated at $140,000 per person, based on current and expected liabilities, Medicare being one of the largest.”

Download the report from the GAO.  The Nation's Growing Fiscal Imbalance (512 Kb Adobe PDF file)

 

Other Document Format
State Auditor's Address to the Andover College Class of 2006 PDF

 


You may send questions or comments to: webmaster.audit@maine.gov

Last updated May 19, 2008