The actual budget to operate the Auditor General’s Office for 2006 (excluding the financial attest audit fees) is $3,763,669 of which over 96 per cent relates to salaries and benefits. The Auditor General’s Office currently operates with a staff of 25 auditors and 3 administrative staff. The 2006 request is for 2 additional staff to […]
The implementation of the recommendations contained in this report will provide the Auditor General with the ability to access the records of Toronto Hydro, TEDCO and TCHC. Such access would allow City Council to request the Auditor General’s Office to conduct specific audit work, if at some point the City’s interests were compromised.
The objective of this audit was to assess whether maintenance and cleaning costs for City-owned buildings are being managed economically, efficiently and in compliance with appropriate policies and legislative requirements.
This report is in response to the request of the Toronto Police Services Board that the Auditor General conduct a review of an internally developed information technology project called Enterprise Case and Occurence Processing System (eCOPS).
The attached report entitled, “Recovery of Social Assistance Overpayments, Toronto Social Services,” discusses the findings from our audit in detail and outlines 14 recommendations that will improve the internal controls in the City’s administration of social assistance funds and strengthen program efficiency and effectiveness in recovering overpayments from inactive cases.
The external peer review is to be performed by independent reviewers selected by a committee of the National Association of Local Government Auditors (N.A.L.G.A.). N.A.L.G.A. is a North American organization of local government auditors and includes organizations that have undergone external peer review. Approximately 33 percent of N.A.L.G.A. member organizations have participated in the peer […]
Purpose To provide the Audit Committee with information related to the Auditor General’s proposed process for follow-up on outstanding audit recommendations. Background By-law 457-2002 of the City of Toronto requires that the Auditor General follow up on audit recommendations made in audit reports. Government Auditing Standards state that while management is responsible for addressing audit […]
Purpose: To seek Council’s approval to participate in the International Program for Improved Governance and Accountability in South Africa – a partnership initiative involving the governments of South Africa, Canada, the Province of Ontario, the City of Toronto, the Canadian Comprehensive Auditing Foundation, the World Bank and the Institute of Internal Auditors. The Auditor General […]
This report presents the results of Phase Two of a two-part review of the City’s fleet operations conducted as part of the Auditor General’s 2004 Annual Work Plan. The Phase One report was tabled at the February 2004 Audit Committee meeting. This report also responds to three other fleet-related referrals as follows: A. Audit Committee’s […]