Astoria, OR – According to the state officials, the annual audit plan also includes a description of the division’s risk assessment process, by which auditors determine how best to allocate resources to address risks within state government.
This year’s plan includes the following new performance and IT audits:
- Governance at the Bureau of Labor and Industries
- Behavioral Health Crisis Services and Crisis Response at the Oregon Health Authority
- Operations at the Department of Corrections
- Emergency Management Time Accounting Practices at the Oregon Department of Emergency Management
- High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act (Measure 98) at the Department of Education
- Measure 110 Program Effectiveness at the Oregon Health Authority
- Statewide Contracting Practices at multiple agencies
- State Data Center Operations and Controls at the Department of Administrative Services, Enterprise Information Services
- Cybersecurity Controls at the Oregon Judicial Department
The 2024-25 Audit Plan clearly states the origin of each planned audit, and the Division is using an audit team-centric approach, wherein auditors will be responsible for identifying, ranking, and proposing audits for inclusion in the plan. Additionally, the Audits Division has launched an ongoing initiative to clearly document the risk assessment process by which audit projects are selected.