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State auditor finds flaws in MassBay s record-keeping of college property
FRAMINGHAM Massachusetts Bay Community College failed to take steps previously recommended by the state to improve the tracking of college property, according to an audit released this month by the Office of State Auditor Suzanne Bump.
The May 11 audit also found the college did not maintain an accurate inventory list of information technology equipment and could not substantiate that it conducted annual inventories of the gear. Thus, the college cannot be sure that all of its IT equipment is accounted for and safeguarded against misuse, according to the audit.
In a statement, Bump said she hopes the audit pushes the college to improve its protocols, saying safeguarding these assets should be a priority for the institution moving forward.
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May 12, 2021
Colorado s Division of Housing within the state s Department of Local Affairs is getting a closer look from state auditors this year.
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Two performance audits are underway to evaluate the state s rental assistance program for landlords and the administrative costs associated with distributing the pandemic relief funds that were allocated by lawmakers during last year s special legislative session. The fact that there is a lot of fraud in other programs that have been rolled out, I think that it makes sense that emergency rental assistance was chosen (for) a discretionary audit, said Alison George, director of the Division of Housing, during the monthly state housing board meeting on May 11.
Overview
In accordance with Section 12 of Chapter 11 of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Office of the State Auditor (OSA) has conducted a performance audit of certain activities of Massachusetts Bay Community College (MBCC) for the period July 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019. When testing MBCC’s information technology (IT) inventory, we extended the audit period through August 28, 2020, capturing data in MBCC’s inventory database at that time. Our last physical observation of IT equipment was on January 19, 2021.
We conducted this performance audit in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain sufficient, appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives. We believe that the evidence obtained provides a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives.
MBCC should review and edit its current IT inventory list to include purchase dates, costs, assigned tag numbers, locations, descriptions, and serial numbers for all items; should remove duplicate items; and should correct inaccurate data where possible.
MBCC should ensure that all IT assets have inventory tags affixed to them.
MBCC should enhance its current “Inventory Tracking and Disposal Policy” to include detailed procedures for all phases of the IT inventory process. The policy should require keeping documentation supporting the annual physical inventory of IT equipment and should include guidance for relocating IT equipment.
MBCC should communicate this policy to all employees and establish monitoring controls to ensure that it is consistently followed.