Sometimes people ask how we came to our transparency checklist items, and we’re always pretty surprised because we think they are self evident (however you can find the full rational here). I find this especially true for are audits.

Recently, Missouri’s auditor found out that there had been 59 Sunshine Law compliance problem between 2008 and 2009. Over 45 governmental bodies were reported having issues with meeting minutes and agendas; 30 reported problems with minutes for closed meetings; and 18 failed to provide justification for a closed meetings.

Have you seen this type of thing in your state? What’s the juiciest scandal your auditor has found?