Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 84-314
The Auditor of Public Accounts shall have the power to appoint a deputy, who shall give a bond or equivalent commercial insurance policy to the State of Nebraska (1) with good and sufficient surety, (2) in the amount required by section 11-119, (3) to be approved by the Governor, and (4) deposited with the Secretary of State. When so appointed the deputy may do and perform in the absence of the auditor such acts herein authorized and required of the auditor, as the auditor may authorize him or her to do, subject to the same restrictions. The deputy auditor shall receive a salary of such amount as shall be fixed by the Auditor of Public Accounts, to be paid monthly by warrant of the auditor on the State Treasurer. The deputy auditor shall have had not less than five years' experience either as an auditor or in an executive capacity involving responsibility for directing the work of others engaged in governmental accounting or auditing, or both, and in addition shall be a certified public accountant.
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 84-314