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Chris Curtis

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"if we get up and going in August, possibly by next session, but it won't come to this committee. Would never have it done that early because it would have to be done in prelim to you by December, final in January. We won't make that, but I would think generally 4 to 6 months of field work depending how big the team is."

“if we get up and going in August, possibly by next session, but it won't come to this committee. Would never have it done that early because it would have to be done in prelim to you by December, final in January. We won't make that, but I would think generally 4 to 6 months of field work depending how big the team is.”
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Chris Curtis
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Alaska News
Location
Alaska
Captured at
July 16, 2026

From the transcript

I find, you know, we request audits and it's like 3 years later, and this seems pretty time sensitive as to what the representative was saying, these people's livelihoods. Do you have any timeline on how fast this audit could happen? Through the chair, if we get up and going in August, possibly by next session, but it won't come to this committee. Would never have it done that early because it would have to be done in prelim to you by December, final in January. We won't make that, but I would think generally 4 to 6 months of field work depending how big the team is.

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