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Report #: 01-31
Performance Audit

The Perinatal Substance Abuse Pilot Program (program) was created by the Legislature in 1998.  Its goal is to develop an integrated services model for delivering medical, behavioral health, and social...

Report #: 01-29
Public Safety, Department of
Performance Audit

This report provides information about the 12 Sunset Factors the Legislature is to consider in determining whether to continue the Department of Public Safety. The report indicates a continued need...

Report #: 01-28
Public Safety, Department of
Performance Audit

The Department of Public Safety (DPS) serves as the central repository of criminal history records and related criminal justice information in Arizona.  DPS is responsible for ensuring that criminal justice...

Report #: 01-A
Medical Board
Performance Audit

This report addresses the Board’s progress in implementing recommendations made by the Auditor General in a 1998 performance audit (see Report No. 98-16). While the Board has taken some...

Report #: 01-27
Regents, Board of
Performance Audit

SUMMARY

The Office of the Auditor General has conducted a performance audit and Sunset review of the Arizona Board of Regents (Board) pursuant to a June 16, 1999, resolution of...

Report #: 01-25
Corrections, Department of
Performance Audit

Arizona Correctional Industries’ mission is to develop and manage revenue-generating work activities to combat inmate idleness and develop good working habits.  ACI is also required to be financially self-sufficient. ACI...

Report #: 01-26
Corrections, Department of
Performance Audit

This report addresses the 12 Sunset Factors the Legislature is to consider in determining whether to continue or terminate the Arizona Department of Corrections.  The Department’s statutory purpose, as described...

Report #: 01-24
Veterans Service Advisory Commission
Performance Audit

The Office of the Auditor General has performed audit work to address the 12 statutory Sunset Factors for the Veterans’ Service Advisory Commission. The Commission, composed of nine veterans appointed...

Report #: 01-23
Fire, Building and Life Safety, Department of (formely Department of Building and Fire Safety)
Performance Audit
Report #: 01-22
Public Safety, Department of
Performance Audit

This report focused on the Division’s need to formalize its process for deciding when to participate in task forces and its need to improve its case management practices. The Division...

Report #: 01-21
Nursing, Board of
Performance Audit
Report #: 01-20
Public Safety, Department of
Performance Audit

The Highway Patrol Division needs to refine and update the information and model it uses to estimate the number of officers needed to adequately patrol Arizona’s highways. DPS also needs...

Report #: 01-19
Education, Department of
Performance Audit

Grant recipients spend the majority of their grant dollars on instruction—primarily for teachers’ or aides’ salaries. However, in choosing which grades to fund, large districts tend to fund preschool programs...

Report #: 01-18
Corrections, Department of
Performance Audit

This report focused on the Arizona Department of Corrections Administrative Services and Information Technology subprograms. First, the Department faces numerous challenges in maintaining its prisons. Although the Legislature fully funded...

Report #: 01-17
Dispensing Opticians, Board of
Performance Audit

This report addresses the 12 Sunset Factors the Legislature is to consider in determining whether to continue or terminate the Arizona Board of Dispensing Opticians. The Board licenses and regulates...

Banking, Department of
Procedural Review
Tourism, Office of
Procedural Review
Report #: 01-16
Veterans Services, Department of
Performance Audit

This report addresses improvements made in the Department’s Veteran’s Conservatorship/Guardianship and Veterans’ Services programs, and at the Arizona State Veteran Home. First, the Department has made significant improvements in how...

Report #: 01-15
Real Estate, Department of
Performance Audit

This audit found that the Department’s practices for receiving public complaints contain barriers that can discourage the filing of complaints, and it inadequately investigates some of the complaints it does...

Report #: 01-14
Automobile Theft Authority
Performance Audit

The Authority does not have enough information to determine its effect on the decline in statewide auto thefts. In order to analyze how well it is combating the problem, the...