Date: 01/22/2014
Final
Presentation by the Office of the State Auditor on Unimplemented Audit Recs
COMMITTEE ON JOINT EDUCATION
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10:47 AM -- Presentation by the Office of the State Auditor on Unimplemented Audit Recs
Senator Kerr welcomed staff from the Office of the State Auditor (OSA), Kerri Hunter, Deputy State Auditor, Jenny Page, Audit Manager, and Jeffery Kahn, Audit Manager, to the table to begin their presentation on unimplemented audit recommendations to CDE and DHE. Staff distributed the Annual Report of Audit Recommendations Not Fully Implemented, October 2013 to the committee. The report is available on the Office of the State Auditor's website. Ms. Hunter explained that the report focuses on audit recommendations that departments either fully agreed to or partially agreed to implement but that were not fully implemented by June 30, 2013. Ms. Hunter provided background information on OSA and stated that the report helps hold agencies accountable.
10:55 AM
Ms. Page reviewed the financial audit recommendations made to DHE that are still outstanding and stated that CDE does not have any outstanding financial recommendations. She explained that financial recommendations are categorized by the level of severity, and reviewed the moderately severe recommendations to DHE that are currently outstanding. Next she reviewed the outstanding performance and Information Technology (IT) recommendations. She explained that performance audits examine whether agencies are operating efficiently and effectively and whether they are complying with laws and regulations. Ms. Page detailed the outstanding performance recommendations for DHE.
11:03 AM
Mr. Kahn told the committee that CDE received 17 financial recommendations, all of which have been fully implemented. He said that DHE received a total of 59 recommendations, 30 of which are financial, and that all but one of the performance recommendations have been implemented. He told the committee that the Colorado Community College System has one outstanding recommendation pertaining to Title IV funding, and that the University of Colorado system has one deficiency pertaining to the return of Title IV funding. Representative Court asked for confirmation that none of the outstanding recommendations pertain to capital construction.