Nothing is stopping anyone from finishing the audit on their own in the absence of a CG. The entire audit process was based around looking at the the RL budget detail and identifying areas of potential waste from programs that had been transferred over from RL with the reset and were therefore 'hidden' in the rather broad outline that we use in-game. Specifically, Mr. R and I were using the budget appendices (see:
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BUDGET-2018-APP). Anyone who wants to contribute to the audit can just look through that pdf and identify areas of redundant spending. It's a measly 1300 pages, should be a piece of cake.
Really, though, the entire premise of giving the audit to the GM department was/is stupid, because the numbers in the RL budget, absent any major changes, should be in-game canon, as the original post-reset budget was transferred from RL and that template has been used ever since. Therefore, the Game Engine's authority really shouldn't be needed at all. IIRC the only reason why we went through with a GM-controlled audit in the first place was because Mr. R agreed to do it (naturally he was very excited about the opportunity to recommend massive spending cuts in an official capacity).
