The Allegheny County Controller is the County's Fiscal Watchdog

When football fans descend on Pittsburgh for the NFL Draft next month, among those scoring big will be the coffers of Allegheny County’s 7 percent Hotel Tax, which is applied on the gross receipts of all hotel stays in the county (including short-term rentals). The...

Upon the resignation of Corey O’Connor to become City of Pittsburgh mayor, Amy Weise Clements assumed the office of Allegheny County Controller. Weise Clements was appointed Deputy Controller by former Controller Chelsa Wagner in 2012 and by O’Connor in 2022. Prior to...

Allegheny County’s Department of Human Services (DHS) leaves the task of maintaining waiting lists for most mental health treatment programs to contracted providers and does not require these agencies to meet best practices for maintaining these lists, an audit of...