During 2016 and 2017  the Louisiana Legislative Auditor (LLA) began a complimentary training and certification program across the state specifically designed for Louisiana's local government officials and their staffs In keeping with the LLA's purpose to help ensure that government is accountable  transparent and responsive to the needs of the people of Louisiana  these courses were expressly created to help improve both the services local government delivers to its citizens and the quality of local government audits