Multiple Agencies
1999 Small Agency Management Control Audit
March 1999
Report Number 99-031
Overall Conclusion
Generally, we found that the seven agencies were accomplishing their goals and objectives and that management controls were in place over key areas. However, we found wide-ranging problems in controls over agencies' management information systems (MIS). The State commits significant resources to MIS (approximately $1.2 billion in fiscal year 1998) and relies on that technology for many of the critical services it provides. Smaller agencies as a whole may not have developed strategies to protect these resources adequately.
The agencies accurately reported performance in the majority (76 percent) of the 50 performance measures we reviewed. Of the 12 measures we could not certify, half of them were incorrect because of minor or easily correctable issues. The other half were inaccurate because the agencies had not developed adequate systems to accurately collect, track, and calculate their performance.
At five agencies where we followed up on previous audit recommendations, 79 percent of the recommendations were either implemented or underway.
Key Facts and Findings
The State could save approximately $2 million each biennium by moving responsibility for primary elections from political parties to county governments.
Changes to the State Office of Risk Management's workers' compensation allocation program statute are needed to fulfill the program's intent. The program is intended to control costs and provide incentives to reduce losses. However, the program has not yet been implemented because of complications discovered during attempts to develop and implement the program.
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