State Agencies
The report focuses on the Department’s ability to efficiently and effectively fulfill its role to regulate insurance rates and investigate insurance fraud. Although Arizona adopted an open competition approach to...
This report focuses on the Department’s ability to effectively regulate the manufacturing and sale of liquor in the State. Currently, the Department inconsistently issues penalties for liquor law violations and...
This report focuses on the Board’s ability to render timely decisions on agency disciplinary actions and "whistleblower" complaints. Currently, hearing officers average 111 days to forward their reports to the...
The report addresses the council’s ability to effectively oversee the district councils it contracts with to help plan and advocate on behalf of Arizona’s developmentally disabled citizens. The Council annually...
This report focuses on the regulatory duties of the Division over five licensing programs including Behavioral Health, Child Care, Home and Community Based, Long Term Care, and Medical Facilities. Specifically...
This report covers several aspects of the Board’s performance, including adequacy of complaint investigations, extent of disciplinary action taken by the Board, timeliness of complaint processing, and public representation on...
This report addresses issues related to how the Board of Podiatry Examiners handles complaints against licensed podiatrists and answers consumers’ inquiries. The Board generally investigates and resolves complaints in a...
Although probation programs in Arizona are operated at the county level, the State, through the Supreme Court’s Administrative Office of the Courts, retains administrative responsibility for all court programs. The...
This report addresses the Private Enterprise Review Board’s viability and impact on state government services. PERB was established in 1983 to provide a mechanism by which an independent body could...
This report addresses issues related to auxiliary enterprises at the three state universities. Auxiliary enterprises represent a very wide variety of activities and services, including bookstores, student housing, intercollegiate athletics...
The report addresses issues relating to the universities and the Arizona Board of Regents’ efforts to manage enrollment at Arizona’s universities. First, we found that Arizona’s universities and the Board...
The report addresses the Board’s ability to fulfill its statutory role in overseeing vocational education. In order to fulfill its mandate, the Board needs to address and resolve many of...
The report found that the Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs (Commission) has been unable to effectively meet its important statutory mission for many years and, as a result, has a...
The Arizona Board of Appraisal was established in 1990 in response to a federal law requiring states to regulate real estate appraisers performing appraisals involving federally related transactions. The Board...
This report addresses how the Arizona Disease Control Research Commission could increase its impact and improve its contracting processes. The Commission’s historic and statutory purpose is to contract with public...
This report addresses issues related to the State’s program for cleaning up leaking underground storage tank sites. We found that the fund established to financially assist leaking tank owners with...
This report is the final in a series of three annual evaluations of the Health Start Pilot Program. We found the Health Start Pilot Program appears to have achieved its...
This report focuses on the efforts currently underway in the State to address computer systems and other operational issues associated with the year 2000 problem. A review of a cross...
The report is the final in a series of three reports issued on the Healthy Families Pilot Program. The first two reports focused on program implementation. The final report addresses...