The purpose of this report is to provide City Council with details of the Auditor General’s 2009 Audit Work Plan. The 2009 Audit Work Plan is attached as Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 to this report. The 2009 Audit Work Plan is a combination of audits in progress, new audits, annual recurring projects and various […]
Complaints to the Fraud and Waste Hotline Program have highlighted issues with attendance management and specifically the potential for employees to misuse sick leave banks, particularly prior to retirement. In view of this, we included a limited review of these issues in our 2008 Work Plan. The overall objective of this review was to assess […]
This report provides information relating to the 2008 budget for the Auditor General’s Office and a recommended budget for approval by the Audit Committee. The Auditor General’s 2009 budget request is for $4,336,074 which is $66,445, (1.6 percent) greater than the Office’s 2008 Council approved budget
This is the second audit conducted by the Toronto Auditor General relating to access, equity and human rights. The overall objective of the audit was to determine the extent to which the City has achieved its access, equity and human rights goals. The audit covered the period from January 2004 to September 2008. Since our […]
The purpose of this report is to provide the Audit Committee with information regarding the Auditor General’s proposed external peer review. Government Auditing Standards state that “Audit organizations performing audits and attestation engagements in accordance with GAGAS (Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards) must have an external peer review performed by reviewers independent of the audit […]
The objective of this audit was to determine if Toronto Water’s inspection and enforcement activities, including mandatory pollution prevention planning, are effective in ensuring businesses meet the requirements of the City’s Sewer Use By-law (Municipal Code Chapter 681 – Sewers). Our review identified improvements to inspection and enforcement activities and pollution prevention planning. Due to […]
We conducted a review of the Affordable Housing Project at 2350 Finch Avenue West at the request of City Council made at its meeting of June 19, 20 and 21, 2007. The request to carry out this review was supported by a significant majority of Council members, and accordingly the Auditor General included this review […]
In 2005, the City of Toronto Auditor General issued a report titled, “Recovery of Social Assistance Overpayments, Toronto Social Services”. The review focused on the administration, monitoring and recovery of inactive social assistance overpayments (cases not currently receiving any assistance) and contained 14 recommendations. As of May 2008, 10 of the 14 recommendations have been […]
The objective of our audit was to review the working relationship between the City and its Agencies, Boards and Commissions in relation to information technology disaster recovery planning, City disaster recovery planning policies and procedures and the role of the Information and Technology Division in the creating, coordinating and overseeing disaster recovery planning initiatives for […]