LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES; EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE NOMS. COMMITTEE; AUDITORS; APPOINTMENT TO OFFICE;

EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE;

CURRENT ISSUES

1. If budget reductions affect the Auditors of Public Accounts, how will you adjust priorities and what will they be?


2. Will the early retirement incentive program have an impact on the auditors’ office personnel? If so, how do you plan to manage operations and workload in light of staff reductions?


3. Given the state’s current budget situation, how can the auditors help agencies evaluate their operations, identify priorities, realize efficiencies, and achieve savings while still accomplishing the agencies’ mission?


4. Has the audit staff completed training on the implementation of the financial and human resources management systems, Core-CT, which agencies will be using soon?

ISSUES RELATING TO AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROCEDURES

1. The auditors are authorized to receive whistleblower complaints in conjunction with the attorney general. Has your office seen an increase in the number of these complaints since the enactment of last year’s legislation that created an alternative process for disposing of allegations of retaliation filed by employees who have made complaints?


2. Recent legislation has added to the number of reports the auditors routinely receive from agencies like the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, other quasi-public agencies, and the Department of Economic and Community Development. You also get reports on the Adriaen’s Landing and stadium projects. How does your office handle these reports and is any action taken as a result? Has your office played a useful oversight role in connection with these agencies and projects?


3. Has your office found it necessary to contract out for auditing services on specific projects? Conversely, describe how the Auditors of Public Accounts has been able to audit financial statements for UConn 2000 in lieu of contracting out for such services.


4. Has the office increased the number of performance audits it conducts in a year? How are the subjects of a performance audit identified and selected?


5. Is the office able to follow up on the recommendations it makes? What is the success rate for implementing agency changes in response to audit reports? Do you have suggestions on how it can be improved?

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