Internal Controls Over Local Purchases and Payments – Hartford, CT, Main Office

The OIG Field Financial Risk Model identified that the Hartford Main Office, for quarter (Q) 3 fiscal year (FY) 2017, made 92 percent of all local purchases within the Connecticut Valley District. This unit had a 367 percent increase in local purchases recorded to miscellaneous supplies, materials, and services during Q3 compared to Q2 of FY 2017. The audit team reviewed all 110 miscellaneous supplies, materials, and services transactions identified between April 1 and June 30, 2017. The objective of this audit was to determine whether internal controls were in place and effective for making local purchases and payments at the Hartford, CT, Main Office.