State Auditor Beth Wood said the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) did not follow standard practices for its latest audit, leading to possible inaccuracies within the embattled state agency.
Wood laid out a slew of issues Wednesday with the NCDOT’s December audit to the Senate Committee on Transportation. She said the agency strayed from the government auditing standards issued by the comptroller general of the United States.
“When you see in an audit report that has been conducted in accordance with these standards, there are many, many things that you can count on from this audit that’s been done,” said Wood, noting the protocol creates more confidence in the report and the staff conducting the audit.