RD387 - Auditor of Public Accounts 2014 Annual Report


Executive Summary:
The Auditor of Public Accounts (the Office) performs a variety of audits each year including financial, federal, and performance. We spend the majority of our time performing audits mandated by the Code of Virginia, federal regulations, and bond or accreditation requirements. Their results are used by various entities to evaluate the Commonwealth's fiscal management. To the extent our resources allow, we also perform special projects and other agency reviews covering a wide array of topics.

During 2014, our organization of 111 auditors and support staff:

• Issued 16 special reports;

• Issued 86 reports for audits of state agencies and institutions, issuing findings for 27;

• Reviewed 95 General, Juvenile and Domestic Relations, and Combined District Courts, issuing findings for eight;

• Review 94 Circuit Courts, issuing findings for 30;

• Reviewed 34 General Receivers and Magistrates, issuing findings for two; and

• Reviewed 142 Constitutional Officers, issuing findings for 28.

Our reports on these audits and other reviews include recommendations for improving internal controls and addressing non-compliance with state and federal regulations and providing information from Commonwealth, Secretarial, and Agency perspectives. Our special project topics in 2014 included funding and management of Commonwealth assets, enterprise applications master services contract management, governance, information technology, and tax collection and distribution processes.