What does an auditor general do?
Every year, the federal government takes in trillions of dollars in tax money and spends it on a variety of programs and projects. Every U.S. state takes in billions of tax dollars as well. Is there someone keeping track of how the government is spending all that money, making sure it’s used effectively, and watching out for waste? Someone who acts as a sort of accountant for the government? Luckily, the auditor general takes care of all of this. An auditor general is sometimes known as a comptroller, or just controller. (For the record, the word “comptroller” was originally two French words combined into a single word. It’s technically pronounced like “controller,” though you may hear it pronounced phonetically) [source:
