State of Hawaii - Office of the Auditor

The Audible Audit

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The Office of the Auditor provides reports to the Legislature and the public about state agency performance. Our audits help to provide transparency about government programs and hold government accountable by assessing how effectively state agencies are delivering services and using public money. The Audible Audit is an AI-generated summary of the office’s reports intended for public informational and educational purposes only. While the podcast content may be computer generated, the discussions are solely based on the office’s reports, which are produced without the aid of AI. In addition...

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Report 26-08 Audit of the Department of Education’s Efforts to Meet Its Mandate to Incorporate Local Foods in School Meals 05.03.2026 6:54

In 2021, the Legislature transferred the Farm to School Program from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Education (DOE), created a Farm to School Coordinator position, and set a clear target: By January 1, 2025, 10 percent of the total cost of school meals was to come from locally sourced products. By 2030, that number is required to reach 30 percent. DOE had three school years to...

Report No. 26-05, Audit of the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation 21.02.2026 6:19

Audit of the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation In 2019, the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) told the Legislature that it needed help to ensure that vessel owners cover costs the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) was incurring to salvage grounded vessels, testifying that, since 2002, more than $2.2 million had been expe...

Report No. 25-07, Audit of the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority 21.10.2025 5:58

An AI generated and office reviewed report summary. Report No. 25-07 Audit of the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority In 2020 , as it entered its third decade, the Hawai‘i Tourism concluded that it needed a change. Its continuous drive to increase visitor numbers had taken a toll on Hawai‘i’s people and their natural environment. What was needed was a “re-balancing” of priorities, and for that reason, “...

Report No. 25-09, An Update on the Department of Education’s Heat Abatement Efforts 13.08.2025 6:37

An AI generated and office reviewed report summary. In January 2016, Governor David Ige announced in his State of the State speech that he was working to cool 1,000 classrooms by the end of the year. That May, the Hawai‘i Legislature approved $100 million in general funds to cool 1,000 public school classrooms by the end of that calendar year. The department’s plan would later be referred to as...