1. Adam Edelen Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts

2.  How the project came to be  The four questions ◦ How many? ◦ Where? ◦ How much money? ◦ Compliant or not? 2

3.  Drafting a white paper  Putting together a game plan  Assembling a team 3

4.  Town Hall meetings  Coalition of elected officials and citizen groups  KCADDKPA  KACOKY Club for Growth  KLCBluegrass Institute  JudgesCommon Cause  County ClerksKPLA and KDLA  SheriffsNorthern KY Chamber  PVAsKY Health Depts Assoc.  MagistratesKY Fire Commission  County AttorneysKY Ambulance Assoc.  Cooperative Extension Service 4

5.  Creating surveys  Getting surveys submitted  Building the database  Building internal tools to manage DB  Building the website 5

6.  How many?  1,268 (776 taxing, 492 non-taxing)  Where?  Every county (almost 11 per county)  How much $?  $2.7 billion expenditures  $1.4 billion reserves  How many compliant?  60% Budget  85% UFIR  55% Annual Audits 6

7.  Ghost Government: November 14 th, 2012  The Citizen Auditors Initiative website www.citizenauditor.ky.govwww.citizenauditor.ky.gov: Included interactive maps, spreadsheets, real-time information for policymakers and the public 7

8.  Four major themes  Need for statutory reform  Need for stronger “teeth” to compel compliance  Need for a centralized registry  The need for education of stakeholders 8

9.  Addressed all four themes In Addition, it created:  New ethics provisions  New dissolution processes  Fiscal court, city gov’t, and public transparency 9

10.  Email AdamEdelen@KY.gov with questionsAdamEdelen@KY.gov 10