State Agencies
Department met some of its statutory objectives and purposes but did not ensure it selected high-risk brokerages for audit, confirm the validity of license applicants’ fingerprint clearance cards, and consistently...
Department operates State Veterans’ Homes, reported implementing emergency actions to respond to COVID-19 pandemic, and took action to correct licensing, health, safety, and infection-control deficiencies, but preferences are shifting to...
As required by law, we completed a review of per diem compensation and expense reimbursement payments to members of State boards, commissions, councils, and advisory committees (collectively referred to as...
As required by law, we completed our biennial review of the Attorney General’s Office use of Anti-racketeering Revolving Fund monies for fiscal years 2019 and 2020. We did not identify...
Although the Department has various practices that can help ensure the reliability of the underlying data it uses to calculate caseloads for 3 public reports, its method for calculating caseloads...
Board has generally met its statutory objective and purpose but should ensure that dispensing optician license applicants submit required lawful presence documentation, provide written notice of application deficiencies to license...
Authority distributed some revenues inconsistent with statutory requirements, discontinued a key Stadium management oversight practice and did not document other oversight practices, and did not receive enough tourism revenues to...
Board licensed/registered applicants without ensuring they met key public protection requirements and did not properly perform funeral establishment and crematory inspections or perform some of these inspections within the required...
Department spending we reviewed was consistent with statutory and other requirements, but the Department has received a small percentage of its requested capital funding and has not addressed outstanding reconciliations...
Department did not comply with all statutory conflict-of-interest requirements and effectively safeguard its IT systems and sensitive data
Three Department divisions did not inspect some higher-risk establishments and inefficiently used inspection resources, and Department licensed applicants who did not meet all licensing requirements and did not retain public...
Board did not fulfill several regulatory responsibilities, base its fees on the cost of providing services, enforce compliance with State Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program (CSPMP) requirements, and provide accurate...
Best practice for caseload standards is evolving, and Department does not use caseload standards to manage caseworker workloads; instead, it moves cases or caseworkers in an effort to balance caseworker...
Post-9/11 Advisory Committee and Department used Fund eligibility criteria beyond what statute set, restricting eligibility for financial assistance, and Department inadequately safeguarded Fund monies and exceeded award limits for some...
Annual financial and compliance reports: State and federal laws require the State of Arizona to receive annual financial and compliance audits, including audits of federal financial assistance programs, resulting in...
The Arizona State Treasurer receives annual financial and compliance audits:
Annual Financial Report includes our audit opinion on the reported financial information’s reliability.
Report on Internal Control and on Compliance...
Department needs 21 staff for Program workload, should improve customer service and timely processing of Program applications, and better protect personally identifiable information.
Department does not track the Lab’s testing costs, limiting its ability to appropriately allocate costs to the Lab’s funding sources, but adhered to State requirements in relocating the Lab.
As required by law, we completed a review of per diem compensation and expense reimbursement payments to members of State boards, commissions, councils, and advisory committees (collectively referred to as...