Audit reports, special reports, & memos

Audits we're working on

• Corrections Health
• Gift cards
• Jail visits
• Land and building purchases
• Supportive housing services

2026 reports

• Financial condition report 2026
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  Memorandum to Board of County Commissioners: Request for advocacy to implement Auditor recommendations (169.55 KB)
• Elections Division audit
• Recommendation Status Evaluation: Contract monitoring - most recommendations have been implemented

2025 reports

• Learning from our past: A brief history of the Multnomah County Auditor's Office, published in the winter 2025 Association of Local Government Auditors Quarterly
• ​Multnomah County Responsiveness to Phone and Email Inquiries from Public
• Recommendation Status Evaluation: Animal Services - Full compliance with pre-adoption spay & neuter efforts is still in process
• Countywide Equity Audit: Multnomah County shows commitment to equity; more accountability is crucial for ensuring meaningful progress
• Department of Community Justice: Jail sanctions are worsening inequities and outcomes
• Recommendation Status Evaluation: The Library has implemented most of the audit recommendations, but employee concerns remain an issue
• Audit Recommendation Follow-up 2024
• Preschool for All: The program is largely achieving its equity goals, but needs to address risks to expansion
• 2024 Ethical Culture Survey Report
• Recommendation Status Evaluation: The county implemented three of the pandemic funds audit recommendations, but found the other two recommendations not practical to implement
• Recommendation Status Evaluation: The Joint Office of Homeless Services has implemented one of the 2023 audit recommendations, while others are in process or not implemented

2024 reports

• Recommendation Status Evaluation: The county is still in the process of implementing the budget process audit recommendations

• Financial Condition Report 2024
• Future of Work Initiative: Informational report on changes to the Multnomah County workplace brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic
• Recommendation Status Evaluation: Animal Services: Several recommendations implemented, some still in process
• Contract Monitoring: Consistent countywide approach needed
• Recommendation Status Evaluation: The Library has implemented one recommendation and is in the process of implementing another
• Joint Office of Homeless Services: Reporting on supportive housing and rapid rehousing was an accurate reflection of provider data most of the time, but providers would like a more user-friendly data system
• Recommendation Status Evaluation: Pandemic Response Contact Tracing
• Recommendation Follow-up 2023
• Memorandum to Board of County Commissioners: Concerns about contract award allocation process

2023 reports

• Recommendation Status Evaluation: Sheriff’s Office is in the process of implementing about half of the recommendations from the 2022 audit
• Multnomah County Library Employees raise serious concerns with security, workforce equity, and staffing
• Multnomah County Budget Process Audit: County needs better reporting on expenditures and more time for community involvement
• Joint Office of Homeless Services: Providers were frustrated with contract management and communication
• Special Report: Good Government Hotline Activity Report 2022
• Special Study: Ethical Culture Survey: Employees find the county’s culture strong, but want more accountability from managers

2022 reports

• COVID-19 Pandemic Response: Contact Tracing
• Recommendation Status Evaluation: Behavioral Health Services Division has implemented nearly all recommendations from the 2019 audit
• Recommendation Status Evaluation: Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Services Division has implemented nearly all recommendations from the 2019 audit
• Multnomah County Jail Conditions: Circumstances were Worse for Adults in Custody who are Black and/or have Mental Health Conditions
• Recommendation Status Evaluation #2: County's response to the COVID-19 pandemic - County implemented most recommendations
• Financial Condition Report 2022
• Special Report: Good Government Hotline Activity Report 2021
• Recommendation Status Evaluation: Integrated Clinical Services is making progress on recommendations from the 2019 primary care audit

2021 reports

• Special Report: 2021 County Commissioner Redistricting Plan
• Living Conditions, Required Communication to Management
• County's COVID-19 Pandemic Response - Pandemic Funds: Management has policies and procedures in place to manage pandemic funds
• Recommendation Status Evaluation: County has implemented most recommendations from first audit of its response to COVID-19 pandemic
• Employee Experiences During the Pandemic, survey results
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  Good Government Hotline Activity Report 2020 (716.96 KB)
• First audit report on Multnomah County's response to the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 reports

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  Financial Condition Report 2020 (7.44 MB)
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  Accessing Housing and Homeless Services Informational Report (1.39 MB)
• Document

  Follow-up on Multnomah County Animal Services Finances (479.84 KB)
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  Good Government Hotline Activity Report 2019 (992.53 KB)

2019 reports

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  Integrated Clinical Services Primary Care Audit Report (1.79 MB)
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  Mental Health Audit Report (529.92 KB)
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  Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Services Audit Report (535.92 KB)
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  Risk Management Audit Report (1.57 MB)
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  Ethical Culture Survey 2018 Results (1.89 MB)
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  Good Government Hotline Activity Report 2018 (335.35 KB)

Earlier reports

2018 reports

• Audit Recommendations Follow-up 2018
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  Access to County Buildings Audit Report (479.92 KB)
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  Department of Community Services' Purchasing Controls: Controls strengthened in response to theft (1.69 MB)
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  Good Government Hotline Activity Report 2017 (450.59 KB)
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  Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards Compliance, Letter to Management (174.68 KB)
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  Emergency Management: Eagle Creek Fire offers lessons to improve County readiness for future disasters (5.91 MB)

  (Knighton Award Winner)

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  Animal Services: Important issues still need to be resolved (4.25 MB)
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  Major Capital Construction Second Audit Report (1.31 MB)
• Joint Office of Homeless Services Audit
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  HR System Audit (552.5 KB)

2017 reports

• Health Department Purchase Card Audit
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  Good Government Hotline 2016 Annual Report (558.79 KB)
• Financial Condition Report 2017
• Document

  County Ethical Culture Survey Report (2.19 MB)
• Status of Audit Recommendations
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  Internal Services: Develop Principle-based Policies and Procedures (1.22 MB)
• New Health Department Headquarters Project Planning
• New Central Courthouse Project Planning

2016 reports

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  Public Guardian Program Overall Procedures and Internal Control Processes Were Found to be In Place, Well Designed, and Implemented: Report to Management (460.61 KB)
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  Vague and Unenforced Contract Terms Make it Difficult for ADVSD to Ensure Accurate Billing and Client Satisfaction for OPI Services: Report to Management (475.75 KB)
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  Animal Services Finances: Follow Sound Financial Policies (3.66 MB)
• Audit Survey Results 2011 to 2016
• Large Contracts: Tableau Version
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  Large Contracts Audit Follow Up (1012.49 KB)
• Animal Services (Knighton Award Winner)