2018-041 - Status of Recommendations

Recommendations Not Fully Implemented After One Year: The Omnibus Audit Accountability Act of 2006

As required by the Omnibus Audit Accountability Act of 2006, the California State Auditor (State Auditor) presents this report on the status of recommendations that are more than one year old and have not been fully implemented by the audited entities.

State Entities

From November 2011 through October 2017, the State Auditor issued 227 reports that related to audits or investigations of state agencies. These reports were requested through the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, legislation, or as a result of an investigation. The State Auditor made 1715 recommendations to the audited state agencies in those reports, of which 1434 have been fully implemented. However, the State Auditor identified 281 recommendations made to 40 agencies that had been outstanding at least one year and remain not fully implemented  as of October 2018.

Nonstate Entities

From November 2011 through October 2017, the State Auditor issued 74 reports that included nonstate entities, and made 700 recommendations to these entities. As of October 2018, the State Auditor identified 104 recommendations issued to 32 nonstate entities that are more than one year old and not fully implemented. 

As noted in the Results in Brief section of our report, the tables summarize and provide information on recommendations issued between November 2011 and October 2017. The links below provide you with each of the tables presented in the report—in an interactive format to supplement the information in the report. Each table provides you further details regarding the current status of recommendations that are more than one year old.