State & Local Reports

The audit called on the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED) to improve its oversight of cybersecurity awareness training for employees. During the audit, which examined the period of May 14, 2018 through June 30, 2019, 45 employees did not complete required cybersecurity awareness training.

The analysis presented here establishes a baseline of policies that were implemented in the National Capital Region (NCR)1 , aligned with the intent of the policy, and the data sources available to provide context, including population and demographic, mobility, COVID19 caseload and death, economic, and geographic data.

The analysis presented here establishes a baseline of policies that were implemented in the National Capital Region (NCR)1 , aligned with the intent of the policy, and the data sources available to provide context, including population and demographic, mobility, COVID19 caseload and death, economic, and geographic data.

The audit examined the Metro South Housing Court's activities related to the reconciliation of cash receipts and adherence to time standards for summary process cases for the period of August 13, 2018 through December 31, 2019.

The MassTransfer A2B program enables students to earn credits towards a bachelor’s degree while saving money by taking courses at a community college. Our audit of Framingham State University, which examined July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019, shows it was ensuring students met the requirements of this program and received the benefits of participation.

o contribute to the D.C. Department of Health’s (DC Health)2 efforts to inform the public of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on District residents and the District’s efforts to contain the spread of the virus, the Office of the D.C. Auditor (ODCA) has compiled the following report, “The District’s COVID-19 Data Reporting is Strong but Opportunities Exist for Improvement and Increased Transparency.” The government’s dissemination of accurate, real-time data is essential to control the spread of COVID-19.

What Was Performed? A financial statement audit of the Delaware Agriculture Lands Preservation Foundation for the year ended June 30, 2020 was performed.Why This Report? This financial statement audit was performed in accordance with 29 Del. C. Section 2906 and 3 Del C. Sections 904(a)(8) and 904(a)(9).The Department of Agriculture manages Delaware’s Agricultural Lands (Aglands) Preservation Program. This program, established in 1991, allows landowners to voluntarily preserve their farms through a two-phase process. There are 490,000 acres in farms which comprise of 39% of State Land Area in Delaware.Delaware’s farmland preservation program has two major components – Agricultural Preservation Districts and Agricultural Conservation Easements.Preservation Districts are voluntary agreements where landowners agree to continue to only use their land only for agriculture for at least 10 years. Agricultural easements are purchases of development rights by the Foundation, placing a permanent agricultural conservation easement on the property. Landowners must enroll their farm into a Preservation District before they can sell an easement.

o contribute to the D.C. Department of Health’s (DC Health)2 efforts to inform the public of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on District residents and the District’s efforts to contain the spread of the virus, the Office of the D.C. Auditor (ODCA) has compiled the following report, “The District’s COVID-19 Data Reporting is Strong but Opportunities Exist for Improvement and Increased Transparency.” The government’s dissemination of accurate, real-time data is essential to control the spread of COVID-19.

The purpose is to present fair and independent data which resulted to shine a light on cost savings that result from having volunteer fire services and to acknowledge the importance of volunteer firefighters in Delaware.State Auditor McGuiness presents recommendations on internal controls and fraud, waste and abuse information as part of the annual Delaware Volunteer Firefighters Association Conference. The conference was cancelled this year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Auditors Office distributed an internal control survey to each VFC instead, and those results and recommendations are included in this report to help VFCs reduce risk in key areas. We appreciate the spirit of cooperation embodied in those responses and hope the VFCs welcome the recommendations as an opportunity to further improve their internal controls.We previously conducted targeted investigations of specific entities where fraud, waste and abuse have occurred. These investigations found many internal control failures. In 2016, the Auditors Office was part of the 2016 Fire Task Force to help entities prevent future fraud by taking actions to improve their internal controls. The VFCs were provided with a comprehensive list of internal control best practices and oversight responsibility was emphasized to help guide the administrative personnel in designing and implementing an effective control environment.What Was Found? This year, the Auditors Office estimated that the Delaware volunteer fire service saved the state taxpayers over $244 million for fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.Recommendations Include: Approvals and purchase limits, inventory management, and organizational structure.

The primary objective of this report is to show Missouri's spending of federal assistance in the month of September 2020 for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency and the cumulative financial activity since the state began receiving funding in April 2020.