04 CAO 2600 0708 04 Annual Audit Recommendation Follow-up As of June 30 2007

CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE ANNUAL AUDIT RECOMMENDATION FOLLOW-UP AS OF JUNE 30, 2007 Report No. CAO 2600-0708-04 November 29, 2007 RADFORD K. SNELDING, CPA, CIA, CFE CITY AUDITOR TABLE OF CONTENTS Page BACKGROUND 1 OBJECTIVE 1 SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY 1 CONCLUSION 1 1,004 RECOMMENDATIONS (CHART/TABLE) 2 13 INCOMPLETE RECOMMENDATIONS SUMMARY 3 949 COMPLETE RECOMMENDATIONS (TABLE BY DEPARTMENT) 4 DEPARTMENTAL AUDIT RECOMMENDATION FOLLOW-UP INDEX 5-9 ENTMMENDATION FOLLOW-UP DETAIL 10 Building and Safety 11 Detention and Enforcement 12-13 Field Operations 14-16 Finance and Business Services 17-27 Information Technologies 28-32 Leisure Services 33-39 Municipal Court 40-42 Office of Communications 43-51 Annual Audit Recommendation Follow-Up As of June 30, 2007 Report No. CAO 2600-0708-04 November 29, 2007 BACKGROUND The City Auditor’s Office has provided 1,004 audit recommendations requiring corrective action to City Departments since January 1, 1999. This report summarizes the status of these audit recommendations as of June 30, 2007. OBJECTIVES The objective of our follow-up program is to ensure that audit recommendations are being appropriately addressed by City management and to track the status of the recommendations. Much of the benefit from audit work is not in the findings reported or the recommendations made, but in their effective resolution. City management is responsible for ...