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Recommendation to receive and file the report of Sjoberg Evashenk Consulting; establish a committee to set, implement and regularly monitor the policies and related standards set forth in the recently adopted City Ordinance No. ORD-06-0059; and mandate that said committee report to the City Council on a quarterly basis regarding its activities.
DISCUSSION
As you may know, we initiated a performance audit of the Long Beach City Auditor's Office last fall. It was, and is, critically important to me that my office function at the highest and most professional level in order to best serve the citizens of Long Beach. Further, it was also important to understand how the office had functioned prior to my taking office in order to build an infrastructure for excellence over the next four years.
As such, we engaged the firm of Sjoberg Evashenk Consulting to conduct this audit. This is an independent audit firm whose partners are the former California State Auditor and Chief Deputy State Auditor. Their credentials are exemplary.
We have now received the final audit report from Sjoberg Evashenk Consulting and are presenting copies of the report to the Mayor and City Council concurrent with this Agenda Item.
As you will note from the report, the initial scope of the audit was to take a three year period (those three calendar years immediately preceding the recent transition) and to comment upon the office's compliance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) and further, to provide recommendations based upon those findings for our office to use on a go forward basis.
The report highlights areas of deficiency as well as provides a blueprint for excellence going forward. We are pleased to report that we have already implemented many of the recommendations highlighted in the audit report; and the others are well underway.
My goal as City Auditor has always been to promote excellence in government. I am fully committed to improving future opera...
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