The Auditor General follows up on the implementation status of outstanding recommendations made through her audit and investigation reports. The purpose is to verify that Auditor General recommendations are fully implemented and that intended benefits are achieved.
In this follow-up cycle, we reviewed the status of 41 out of 45 recommendations reported by management as fully implemented or no longer applicable from the following nine reports:
- Review of Toronto Transit Commission Bus Maintenance and Shops Department, Phase Two: Non-Revenue Fleet and Equipment Management and Maintenance, 2015
- Review of Toronto Transit Commission Accounts Payable Functions: Improving Invoice Verification and Vendor Account Management, 2017
- Review of Complaint Regarding the June 29, 2016 Toronto Transit Commission Briefing Note, 2017
- Review of Toronto Transit Commission Procurement Policies and Practices: A Case Study to Improve Future Wheel-Trans Accessible Taxi Services Procurement, 2018
- Toronto Transit Commission: Managing Telecommunication Contracts and Payments, 2018
- Review of Toronto Transit Commission Employee Expenses and Reward and Recognition Programs: Opportunities to Improve Policies and Controls and Save Costs, 2018
- Review of Toronto Transit Commission’s Revenue Operations: Phase One – Fare Evasion and Fare Inspection, 2019
- Review of Toronto Transit Commission’s Revenue Operations: Phase Two – PRESTO/TTC Fare Equipment and PRESTO Revenue, 2019
- Toronto Transit Commission Cybersecurity Audit – Phase Two: Overall Network Security and Cybersecurity Assessment of Select Critical Systems, 2023 (Refer to Confidential Attachment 1 for the recommendations from this report)
All recommendations we reviewed in this follow-up were high priority. Of the 41 recommendations we selected for review, we determined 38 are fully implemented, two recommendations are no longer applicable, and one is not fully implemented.
The detailed results from this follow-up review are discussed in Attachment 1.