Report 2017-129 Recommendation 4 Responses
Report 2017-129: Department of Rehabilitation: Its Inadequate Guidance and Oversight of the Grant Process Led to Inconsistencies and Perceived Bias in Its Evaluations and Awards of Some Grants (Release Date: July 2018)
Recommendation #4 To: Rehabilitation, Department of
To help ensure that staff involved in the grant process adequately protect confidential information, Rehabilitation should develop confidentiality procedures for each grant. Further, it should ensure that staff involved in the grant process sign the conflict-of-interest and confidentiality forms before the development of the RFA for each grant.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2020
The Department revised the GSM in October 2018 to include these recommendations and implemented these practices during the Department's first RFA solicitation process after Report 2017-129 was published. These changes are contained in the GSM Interim Guidance: October 2018.
- Completion Date: February 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2019
The Department is in the process of developing confidentiality procedures applicable to the grant solicitation process and will carry out these practices in future grant solicitations.
- Estimated Completion Date: July 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending
1-Year Agency Response
The Department is in the process of developing confidentiality procedures applicable to the grant solicitation process and will carry out these practices in future grant solicitations.
- Estimated Completion Date: August 2019
- Response Date: July 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending
6-Month Agency Response
The Department is in the process of developing confidentiality procedures applicable to the grant solicitation process and will carry out these practices in future grant solicitations.
- Estimated Completion Date: GSM Interim Guidance - October 2018: Final GSM - After regulatory process has concluded
- Response Date: January 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
60-Day Agency Response
The Department is in the process of developing confidentiality procedures applicable to the grant solicitation process and will carry out these practices in future grant solicitations.
- Estimated Completion Date: October 2018 for Interim GSM; Final GSM after regulatory process has concluded
- Response Date: September 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
All Recommendations in 2017-129
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.