In my first term, we transformed and improved the department by:

In his first term Tim has transformed and improved the Department of Auditor General by:

• Created the first ever “Transformation Office,” whose responsibility is to assure the Department Auditor General is continuing to improve how the department does it work both internally and externally, while being innovative, using auditing best practices and creating a culture of continuous process improvements.

• Created the first “Workforce Development Team”. Their responsibility is to ensure that each employee has the proper education, the necessary resources, and tools to do their job and be successful. Their responsibility is also to create a career ladder and educational opportunities for employees to grow and advance to management.

• Introduced “limited procedure engagement” and “reduced period engagement” audits to the Department of Auditor General. Limited procedure engagement and reduced period engagement audits allow the department auditors to focus on risk and vulnerabilities to the Commonwealth, while reducing the amount of time it takes to perform audits by months and in some cases by half.

• Changed how audits are performed and how audit reports are written. By using a quality management approach, and by focusing on the issues instead of blame and developing common sense approaches to correcting problems.

• Created the first “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)” office. Which was created to foster a workforce that is diverse and committed to a culture of inclusion and belonging while providing training, education, team building exercises and testimonials from employees regarding their own personal experience. I have learned myself that DEI is a verb not a noun. Meaning DEI is nothing if you don't have the actions behind the letters.

• Created the first “Intern to Hire” career pathway. Which provides a career pathway for paid interns to become full-time employees.

• By working with the General Assembly, we have advocated for financial literacy to be taught in our schools from K-12 through our “Be Money Smart” financial literacy initiative. Our office has traveled from Erie to Scranton, to Philadelphia, Westmoreland County and Counties in between meeting with educators, community leaders, and the financial services industry to discuss the importance of financial literacy being taught to the next generation.