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Using Auditors to Boost Government Performance

Join Governing's Jonathan Walters for a special web seminar on this topic, on Tuesday, June 24th at 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT.

They're not always loved by top managers and mayors, but local government auditors can be key contributors to high performing government. The right auditor with the right attitude can help managers and mayors keep governments focus on efficient, effective government without playing "gotcha."

Walters will talk with Mark Funkhouser, who spent more than 20 years as auditor for Kansas City and who is now in his second year as mayor and who will offer his view of how auditors, elected executives and top managers can better work together, having now lived it from both sides. They'll be joined by Steve Morgan long time auditor for Austin, Texas, who has worked with a wide variety of mayors and administators, and David Corliss, city manager for Lawrence, Kansas, where an auditor was just recently added to the organizational chart.

Together the three will offer veterans' views of how to build working relationships between auditor shops and the rest of local government, and answer your questions about whether and how an auditor might help your government focus more tightly on performance and results.

You'll learn:

* About the evolution of auditors from the 'green eyeshade' days to becoming active partners in supporting high-performance government.
* How to build better working relationships between auditors, managers and mayors.
* How to work strategically with auditors to enhance and improve government operations.

Register today to join Jonathan Walters and his guests, your colleagues, in this discussion.

Before you join, be sure to read (or re-read) Walters' article "The Super Sleuth" in the June issue of Governing.

Speakers:

Jonathan Walters - Columnist, Governing Magazine

Mark Funkhouser - Mayor, Kansas City, Missouri

Stephen Morgan - City Auditor, Austin, Texas

Dave Corliss - City Manager, Lawrence, Kansas

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