Boliek: Jet fuel on computer technology, getting juice worth the squeeze | State
Boliek: Jet fuel on computer technology, getting juice worth the squeeze | State
Publish Date: 2026-07-09 13:45:00
Source Domain: www.wataugademocrat.com
(The Center Square) – Embracing artificial intelligence wasn’t just a way to do business when Dave Boliek stepped into the auditor’s office for North Carolina.
“We’ve thrown jet fuel on the computer technology here at the auditor’s office,” the first-term Republican said Wednesday in an appearance with Greg Bishop on The States by The Center Square. “It has really enabled us to expand our reach. We now have, as of actually two days ago, we have now 229 full-time positions here at the auditor’s office, so it’s a relatively small office, but the technology is incredible.”
Size challenges are overcome, he said, through strategy.
North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek discusses the work of his office, including through use of artificial intelligence, on the July 8, 2026, edition of The States by The Center Square.
“I felt like from the point of view of being the state auditor, you don’t want to be behind the technology of agencies and entities that you’re auditing,” Boliek said. “You want to be on the forefront of technology, so you don’t get the auditee ahead of you on technology. You want to be ahead of them, and so we started from Day 1, we’ve utilized partners in the industry to leverage AI.”
Boliek said because of that, his team can get after large data sets.
“It’s enabled us, initially, to focus on areas where we think that we can get a full return on taxpayer resources from the auditor’s office stand standpoint to be able to identify places where money might be wasted, where there is potential fraud, and where there is potential abuse of taxpayer dollars,” Boliek said.
Boliek, the second elected Republican auditor for the state since 1876, and his office has produced a number of analyses, some of which were jaw-dropping in revelation. Among them…
