1a-Audit Report 020

Dave Freudenthal STATE OF WYOMING Governor Michael Geesey DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT Director PUBLIC FUNDS DIVISION Pamela Robinson (307) 777-7798 Fax (307) 777-5341 Administrator Email: probinson@wyaudit.state.wy.us January 29, 2004 Mr. John V. Corra, Director Department of Environmental Quality thHerschler Building, 4 Floor West Cheyenne, WY 82002 Dear Mr. Corra: We have audited the performance measures associated with the Strategic Plan for the Period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2005, and the reported results of the Department of Environmental Quality for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003. Wyoming Statute 28-1-115(a)(ii)(A) requires every state agency to develop performance measures that provide methods and criteria to measure the agency’s performance in conducting its activities and in achieving its goals and objectives. Wyoming Statute 9-2-1014(a) requires that the annual report compiled by the Department of Administration and Information contain a means of evaluating the outcomes included in the agency’s strategic plan. These measures, as developed by the agency, are to be examined by the Department of Audit. Our objective was to audit the results for all the outcomes contained in the strategic plan. The scope of our audit consisted of testing the results as reported in the Agency’s Annual Report dated June 30, 2003. The objective of the audit did not extend to an evaluation of the appropriateness of individual ...