Recommendation follow-up 2024
The Multnomah County Auditor’s Office’s mission is to promote accountable and equitable county government. Our audit reports include recommendations for improvement, and county managers are responsible for taking corrective actions to address them. We follow up on the status of audit recommendations to support county government’s accountability.
We found that 39% of the audit recommendations evaluated in 2024 have been implemented.
The charts below show results of the status evaluations of recommendations for calendar year 2024.
Which recommendations have not been implemented?
Not implemented indicates the auditee has not implemented, or does not intend to implement a recommendation.
Audit: Contact Tracing: Contact tracing team did not keep up with the high numbers of cases. Isolation support services could be hard to access
Recommendation: We recommend that the Health Department work with the Department of County Human Services to monitor whether contracted partners adhere to monthly reporting requirements and create a plan of action for when they do not.
Due Date: 10/1/2022
Audit: Multnomah County Budget Process Audit: County needs better reporting on expenditures and more time for community involvement
Recommendation: To improve transparency, the Board of County Commissioners should develop a policy requiring departments to report to them when they intend to make expenditures in a way that the Board defines as materially different than how they proposed to spend funds in program offers.
Due Date: 9/30/2024
Our recommendation status evaluation program is informed by the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s guidance on How to Get Action on Audit Recommendations (GAO/OP-9.2.1).