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The Washington State Auditor's Office conducted an accountability audit of the Port of Seattle covering the period January 1 through December 31, 2021, with the report published on April 6, 2023. The audit examined the Port's compliance with applicable requirements and its safeguarding of public resources, with findings and responses documented in the report. This independent audit was intended to promote transparency and accountability in Port operations for the benefit of management, commissioners, and the public.

In 2015, FAA officials exchanged emails explaining how federal Airport Improvement Program grant funds were used to replace the Olympic Elementary School in the Highline School District near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Because Olympic fell within the airport's 65 DNL noise zone but was deemed not worth insulating, the FAA allowed approximately $3.9 million in noise-mitigation funds to offset construction of the new Marvista Elementary School instead. The exchange was prompted by a Washington State Auditor inquiry questioning whether Davis-Bacon Act and other federal compliance requirements applied, given that the grant was awarded after the construction project had already been completed.

Memo dated September 20, 2001 from Roger Nye, Ecology Toxics Cleanup Program (Northwest Regional Office), to Colleen D. Bradford, Assistant State Auditor, listing eight work product submittals received from Port Of Seattle under Agreed Order #97TC-N122 (finalized May 1999). Submittals span June 1999 through October 2000 and include conceptual hydrogeological flow model presentations, Excel spreadsheet