Date: 01/22/2015
Final
Briefing from OSA Regarding Unimplemented Audit Recommendations
COMMITTEE ON JOINT FINANCE
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11:04 AM -- Briefing from OSA Regarding Unimplemented Audit Recommendations
Mr. Matt Devlin, Deputy State Auditor, Office of the State Auditor, presented a FY 2013-14 report of unimplemented or partially implemented audit recommendations. Committee members received a copy of the report (Attachment B). He said the office issued 48 publications, including audit reports, during the last fiscal year. Ms. Pooja Tulsian continued the presentation with a description of unimplemented or partially implemented recommendation for various financial audits. She explained what constitutes a high priority financial audit recommendation. She explained that the Department of Revenue has three high-priority recommendations. She said the other departments and offices overseen by the Joint Finance Committee do not have any high-priority recommendations for FY 2013-14.
Attachment B can be viewed at Legislative Council.
11:16 AM
Mr. Reed Larsen continued the presentation with additional detail about outstanding audit recommendations within the Department of Revenue. He discussed the high-priority recommendations associated with various information technology systems employed by the department. Mr. Larsen responded to a question from the committee about the department's response to the audit recommendations. Discussion ensued on the amount of cash fund reserve that can be retained by departments. Mr. Larsen said there are some outstanding unimplemented audit recommendations for the Office of State Planning and Budgeting. Mr. Devlin addressed a question from the committee about recommendations that a department opts not to implement. Discussion ensued on this topic.