Internal Audit Department Status Report to the Board of Supervisors
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EXHIBIT A IAD’S MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2006 TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Recipient of the Institute of Internal Auditors “Award for Excellence” The Internal Audit Department is an independent audit function reporting directly to the Orange County Board of Supervisors. by the Director of Internal Audit Dr. Peter Hughes, MBA, CPA Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) Assistance in assembling this report provided by: Eli Littner, Deputy Director, CPA, CIA, CFE, CFS, CISA Alan Marcum, Audit Manager, MBA, CPA, CIA, CFE Michael J. Goodwin, Audit Manager, CPA, CIA Autumn McKinney, Audit Manager, CPA, CIA, CGFM Board Date: December 19, 2006 Page A1 of 19 MONTHLY SUMMARY – November 2006 Status Report to the Board of Supervisors by IAD NOVEMBER AUDIT ACTIVITY: WE FINISHED 14 PROJECTS FOR THIS MONTH AS SUMMARIZED BELOW: We completed 8 Audits: 1. RDMD/Flood Control District – Anaheim Arena Parking Special Purpose Review of Rental Payments from the Anaheim Arena (Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim) Parking Facility. No material or significant issues noted. We identified additional actual rent of $31,582 owed to the County for a 6 year period, estimated rent of $17,118 owed to the County for a 1 year period, and 14 control findings related to compliance with the concession and lease agreements or improvements to internal controls. ...
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EXHIBIT A IAD’ S M ONTHLY A CTIVITY R EPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2006 TO THE B OARD OF S UPERVISORS
Recipient of the Institute of Internal Auditors “Award for Excellence The Internal Audit Department is an independent audit function reporting directly to the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
Board Date: December 19, 2006
by the Director of Internal Audit Dr. Peter Hughes, MBA, CPA Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) Assistance in assembling this report provided by: Eli Littner, Deputy Director , CPA, CIA, CFE, CFS, CISA Alan Marcum, Audit Manager , MBA, CPA, CIA, CFE Michael J. Goodwin, Audit Manager , CPA, CIA Autumn McKinney, Audit Manager , CPA, CIA, CGFM
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MONTHLY SUMMARY November 2006 Status Report to the Board of Supervisors by IAD NOVEMBER AUDIT ACTIVITY: WE FINISHED 14 PROJECTS FOR THIS MONTH AS SUMMARIZED BELOW: We completed 8 Audits: 1. RDMD/Flood Control District Anaheim Arena Parking Special Purpose Review of Rental Payments from the Anaheim Arena (Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim) Parking Facility. No material or significant issues noted. We identified additional actual rent of $31,582 owed to the County for a 6 year period, estimated rent of $17,118 owed to the County for a 1 year period, and 14 control findings related to compliance with the concession and lease agreements or improvements to internal controls. 2. CEO - Administration of Cal Card Program Internal Control Review of CEO/Purchasing’s administration of Cal Card program. No material or significant issues noted. We identified 9 control findings to improve existing controls. 3. IWMD - Contract Administration Internal Control Review of contract administration processes and controls. No material or significant issues noted. We identified 8 control findings and 3 efficiency/effectiveness issues to enhance existing controls. 4. Countywide - Fraud Hotline Activity The Internal Audit Department received 22 calls during the period, of which 5 were actionable calls. During the period 6 cases were finalized and closed. In the 6 cases that were finalized and closed, the allegations were substantiated for 3 cases: 1 case dealt with an employee falsifying mileage reimbursement reports; 1 dealt with inappropriate supervision and conflict of interest, i.e., a daughter being supervised by her mother; and the last case dealt with excess funds ($430,000) at the Post Office for a County department business reply mailings. In all 3 cases, appropriate corrective action was taken. 5. Treasurer Statement of Assets Held Report on Review of Statement of Assets Held by the County Treasury as of September 30, 2006. Based on our review, we were not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the financial statement for it to be fairly stated.
Board Date: December 19, 2006
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MONTHLY SUMMARY November 2006 Status Report to the Board of Supervisors by IAD 6. DA Automobile Insurance Fraud Program We found the financial statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the approved budget, revenues and expenditures for the District Attorney’s Office Audit of Automobile Insurance Fraud Program, for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2006. 7. DA - Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Program We found the financial statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the approved budget, revenues and expenditures for the District Attorney’s Office Audit of Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Program, for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2006. 8. DA - Health & Disability Insurance Fraud Grant We found the financial statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the approved budget, revenues and expenditures for the District Attorney’s Office Audit of Disability and Healthcare Insurance Fraud Program, for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2006. We issued 2 Reports of Monthly Computer Assisted Audit Techniques for the Months of September and October 2006: 9. Auditor Controller • Duplicate Payments to Vendors: We identified 2 duplicate payments made to vendors, totaling $20,028 or .0025% of the $80 million of vendor invoices processed during August 2006 that are being pursued by the Auditor-Controller. 10. Auditor Controller • Duplicate Payments to Vendors: We identified 8 du licate a ments made to vendors, totaling $7,043 or .0057% of the $123 million of vendor invoices processed during September 2006 that are being pursued by the Auditor-Controller.
We completed 4 Follow-Up Audits: 11. DPHD Dana Point Marina Inn 1 st Follow-Up Audit of the Limited Review of Revenue from Dana Point Marina Inn. Corrective action was taken on 7 of 9 recommendations and 1 of 9 recommendations was no longer applicable. Board Date: December 19, 2006 Page A3 of 19
MONTHLY SUMMARY November 2006 Status Report to the Board of Supervisors by IAD 12. Probation Juvenile Records & Accounts 1 st Follow-Up found that 3 recommendations have been fully implemented; 3 recommendations were partially implemented, and 2 recommendations were in process of implementation. The Probation Department is working toward implementing the remaining 5 recommendations. 13. PA/PG - Cash Receipts, Disbursements, Trust & Special Funds, Warehouse/Property and Budget Controls 1 st Follow-Up Audit of various processes at Public Administrator/Public Guardian. Corrective action was taken on 9 of 16 recommendations. 14. RDMD - Trust & Agency Fund Disbursements 2 nd Follow-Up Audit and Final Close-Out of internal control review over trust fund disbursements. Corrective action was taken on the 5 remaining recommendations.
Board Date: December 19, 2006
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MATERIAL FINDING:
MONTHLY SUMMARY November 2006 Status Report to the Board of Supervisors by IAD
Department and Description
Board Date: December 19, 2006
None issued during November 2006.
Comments
For a copy of the complete audit report that contains the audit objective, scope, findings, recommendations, and management’s response, contact the Internal Audit Department’s website at http://www.ocgov.com/audit/
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MONTHLY SUMMARY November 2006 Status Report to the Board of Supervisors by IAD NON-MATERIAL FINDINGS
Department and Description Comments 1. DEPT: Resources and S COPE : Special purpose review of rental payments to determine the status of audit Development Management recommendations from a prior 1997 audit, assess the auditability of records, and develop Department/Flood Control District an estimate of monies owed to the County due to conditions identified in the prior audit. TITLE: Special Purpose Review C ONCLUSION : 10 recommendations made in the prior audit were fully implemented and 5 of Rental Payments from the recommendations were not implemented. Records were adequate for audit purposes and Anaheim Arena (Arrowhead Pond rent of $48,700 is owed to the County as shown below: of Anaheim) Parking Facility As of June 30, 2004 • Actual rent of $31,582 for the 6 year period of 7/1/98 6/30/04. • An additional “ballpark estimate of $17,118 for the 1 year period of 7/1/03 6/30/04. Audit No.: 2450 We identified 14 control findings. No material weaknesses or significant issues were ISSUED: November 15, 2006 identified. B ACKGROUND : The OC Flood Control District (County) and the City of Anaheim entered into two agreements (Main Lot for 55 years and Katella Lot for 12 years) for the operation of parking facilities located at or near the Anaheim Arena. The City of Anaheim engaged a management company to operate the Anaheim Arena including the parking facilities. For the year ended 6/30/04, approximately $2,671,602 in parking revenue was reported to the County and approximately $194,206 in rent payments was received by the County.
Board Date: December 19, 2006
T YPE OF R ECOMMENDATIONS : C ompliance with the agreements or improvements to internal controls regarding: prepaid suite and club level parking; fair market value of employee and complimentary parking; city vs. county land allocation methodology; reporting errors and omissions; estimated vs. actual expenses; net arena profit; annual financial statements; and determination of employee parking counts.
For a copy of the complete audit report that contains the audit objective, scope, findings, recommendations, and management’s response, contact the Internal Audit Department’s website at http://www.ocgov.com/audit/
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MONTHLY SUMMARY November 2006 Status Report to the Board of Supervisors by IAD Department and Description Comments 2. DEPT: CEO/Purchasing Division S COPE : Audit of CEO/Purchasing’s administration of the County’s Cal Card program (also referred to as “purchasing cards) to determine if management oversight of the program is TITLE: Audit of CEO/Purchasing effective and in accordance with internal procedures and requirements of the County of Division Administration of Cal Orange Cal Card Policies and Procedures manual, and if purchasing card issuances, Card Program terminations, and account alterations are valid, adequately supported, and executed in compliance with Cal Card procedures. Audit No.: 2533 C ONCLUSION : CEO/Purchasing’s management and oversight of the program is generally ISSUED: November 30, 2006 effective and in accordance with established procedures, guidelines and requirements of the County of Orange Cal Card Policies and Procedures. We identified 9 control findings resulting in 9 recommendations to im rove controls and rocesses, man of which were attributed to staff vacancies. No material weaknesses or significant issues were identified. B ACKGROUND : CEO/Purchasing is the County’s Program Coordinator and is responsible for overall program management, such as establishing Cal Card policy and procedures, administering card issuances, terminations and account changes, and training new departments/agencies that elect to participate in the program. Each department/agency in the program has at least one cardholder, one approving official, and one billing official. As of June 30, 2006, 24 departments/agencies were enrolled in the County’s Cal Card program with 192 active cardholders . T YPE OF R ECOMMENDATIONS : Establish policy for timeframes in reporting card deactivations; ensure card deactivation requests are processed timely; maintain a list of all County cardholders and approving officials; establish a formal training process; consider performing department compliance reviews; segregate duties for reconciling County records to U.S. bank reports for new cards and card alters; perform timely reconciliations that are reviewed by a supervisor; retain documentation supporting card deactivations; finalize standard forms for inclusion on the County Intranet.
Board Date: December 19, 2006
For a copy of the complete audit report that contains the audit objective, scope, findings, recommendations, and management’s response, contact the Internal Audit Department’s website at http://www.ocgov.com/audit/
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MONTHLY SUMMARY November 2006 Status Report to the Board of Supervisors by IAD Department and Description Comments S COPE : Audit of contract administration at IWMD to evaluate internal controls over 3. DEPT: Integrated Waste selected contract administration processes at Management Services, Procurement and Management Department Planning Services, and the three operating Landfills. In addition, we compared contract administration processes at the landfills to determine if processes are TITLE: Contract Administration performed uniformly and consistently; and identified areas to improve efficiency and Processes and Controls effectiveness related to the above processes . Audit No.: 2591 C ONCLUSION : Internal controls over contract administration processes are in place to ensure contracts are managed in accordance with management’s authorization and ISSUED: November 29, 2006 expectations. Contract administration processes and controls at the three landfills are performed uniformly and consistently. We identified 8 Control Findings and 3 Efficiency/Effectiveness issues resultin in 11 recommendations to improve controls and processes. No material weaknesses or significant issues were identified. B ACKGROUND : Contract administration within IWMD is decentralized. Contract administration, including budget monitoring and payment approval, is performed at each landfill/division, which administers various types of contracts including Waste Disposal Agreements, Importation Agreements, Franchise Agreements, Price Agreements and Negotiated Contracts. Contract payments for Price Agreements exceeded $3 million and payments for Negotiated Contracts totaled approximately $36 million. T YPE OF R ECOMMENDATIONS : Perform documented management reviews of annual inflation rate and franchise cost calculations, contractor quotes and daily field reports; segregate purchasing duties; reconcile contract payments to Accounting’s worksheet; revise and/or establish procedures to clearly define contract administration duties.
Board Date: December 19, 2006
For a copy of the complete audit report that contains the audit objective, scope, findings, recommendations, and management’s response, contact the Internal Audit Department’s website at http://www.ocgov.com/audit/
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MONTHLY SUMMARY November 2006 Status Report to the Board of Supervisors by IAD Department and Description Comments 4. DEPT: County of Orange S COPE : This report contains statistical summaries of Hotline activities for the period of January 1, 2006 through September 30, 2006. TITLE: Fraud Hotline Activity C ONCLUSION : The Internal Audit Department received 22 calls during the period, of Audit No.: 2603 which 5 were actionable calls. During the period 6 cases were finalized and closed. One case was opened in 2005, and 5 cases (actionable calls) were opened in 2006. As of ISSUED: November 14, 2006 September 30, 2006 no cases remain active. In the 6 cases that were finalized and closed, the allegations were substantiated for 3 cases: 1 case dealt with an employee falsifying mileage reimbursement reports; 1 dealt with inappropriate supervision and conflict of interest, i.e., a daughter being supervised by her mother; and the last case dealt with excess funds ($430,000) at the Post Office for a County department business reply mailings. In all 3 cases, appropriate corrective action was taken. B ACKGROUND : The Orange County Internal Audit Department (IAD) established and runs the Orange County Fraud Hotline as part of its ongoing fraud detection and prevention effort. The Hotline was first established September 1, 1994, and after a short period of inactivity during the bankruptcy, was reinstated May 3, 1996, and enhanced and improved in December 2004. The Hotline is intended for County employees, vendors, and the public to report suspected fraud, misuse of County resources by vendors, contractors, or County employees. Violations of County policy are also reported. The Hotline is monitored live for calls twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. IAD staff monitors the telephone during business hours and outside Hotline service professionals monitor the telephone during non-business hours. Callers can leave anonymous information or identify themselves. T YPE OF R ECOMMENDATIONS : N ONE
Board Date: December 19, 2006
For a copy of the complete audit report that contains the audit objective, scope, findings, recommendations, and management’s response, contact the Internal Audit Department’s website at http://www.ocgov.com/audit/
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MONTHLY SUMMARY November 2006 Status Report to the Board of Supervisors by IAD Department and Description Comments 5. DEPT: Treasurer-Tax Collector S COPE : In our review of the Treasurer-Tax Collector’s (County Treasurer) Statement of Assets Held (financial statement), we performed tests to determine whether the assets TITLE: Treasury Fund Audit (cash, demand accounts, and investments) held by the County Treasury were fairly stated, (TFA) Quarter Ending 9/30/06 i.e., the assets exist, and were recorded accurately, completely, and timely. Audit No.: 2608 C ONCLUSION : Based on our review, we were not aware of an material modifications that should be made to the financial statement for it to be fairly stated. ISSUED: November 22, 2006 B ACKGROUND : At September 30, 2006 the County Treasury had total assets of $5.614 billion, of which $2.886 billion was in the County Pool; $2.601 billion was in the Education Pool; and $127 million was Non-Pooled. California Government Code requires that the elected Auditor-Controller perform three quarterly reviews and one quarterly audit of the statement of assets in the County Treasury. The Auditor-Controller contracts with the Internal Audit Department to conduct the quarterly reviews and the quarterly audit. T YPE OF R ECOMMENDATIONS : N ONE
Board Date: December 19, 2006
For a copy of the complete audit report that contains the audit objective, scope, findings, recommendations, and management’s response, contact the Internal Audit Department’s website at http://www.ocgov.com/audit/
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MONTHLY SUMMARY November 2006 Status Report to the Board of Supervisors by IAD Department and Description Comments 6. DEPT: District Attorney S COPE : We audited the District Attorney (DA) Office’s financial statement for the Grant to determine that budgeted amounts, revenues and expenditures were fairly stated, i.e., the TITLE: County of Orange DA s amounts are recorded accurately, completely, and timely. Also, in planning and ’ Office Audit of Automobile performing our audit we reviewed internal controls over financial reporting and performed Insurance Fraud Program tests of the DA Office’s compliance with certain laws, regulations and grant requirements. Audit No.: 2613 C ONCLUSION : In our o inion, the financial statement resents fairly, in all material respects, the approved budget, revenues and expenditures. In addition, we found no ISSUED: November 29, 2006 matters involving the internal controls that we considered a material weakness and nothing came to our attention that caused us to believe that the DA office’s had not complied with the laws, regulations, and grant requirements tested. B ACKGROUND : The grant is funded by the California Department of Insurance, and the 2005/2006 fiscal year grant award totaled $2,011,171. However, expenditures totaled only $1,465,189, as a result, the DA office will submit to the Department of Insurance a request to carry-over $545,982 to fiscal year 06/07. The grant agreement requires that the DA obtain an annual audit of the financial statement. The DA has the option of outsourcing the audit to an outside CPA firm or requesting that the County Internal Audit Department conduct the audit. T YPE OF R ECOMMENDATIONS : N ONE
Board Date: December 19, 2006
For a copy of the complete audit report that contains the audit objective, scope, findings, recommendations, and management’s response, contact the Internal Audit Department’s website at http://www.ocgov.com/audit/
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