Audit office highlights whistleblower activity, plans OPHS follow‑up within months

Wesley Jones, director of the Office of Audit & Performance, told the committee the office operates with nine full‑time staff across audit and performance teams and uses a risk‑based approach to prioritize audits across roughly 35 agencies the council funds. "As far as we are in this year, there have been 44 total submissions into the whistleblower hotline. 13 of them were credibly deemed as credible and forwarded on to other agencies," Jones said.

Jones described follow‑up plans for the OPHS audit released in April, saying the office intends to revisit major findings once auditees have had time to implement remedies — generally a six‑month window where feasible — and that timing will vary based on the nature of corrective actions.