Office of Planning and Management

The Office of Planning and Management provides administrative services for the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts. This office has the responsibility for preparing and managing the Biennial Budget for the Auditor's office. In addition to budgetary oversight, this office is responsible for all personnel matters, accounts receivable and payable, and the office's physical plant. The Office of Planning and Management also coordinates all information technology initiatives undertaken by the Auditor's office and the release of all audit information to the press and public.

Chief of Staff: Tom Bennett

Tom Bennett , who has more than two decades of state government experience, served as commissioner and chief law enforcement officer for the Kentucky Departments of Fish and Wildlife Resources from 1993 to 2005 and the Kentucky Department for Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement in 1988. He also was the deputy secretary of the Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet and deputy secretary of Gov. Brereton Jones’ Executive Cabinet.