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Audits

The Audits unit conducts internal audits and investigations of all DJS program activities and performance outcomes. This office also ensures that DJS employees and private service providers perform their duties and responsibilities in accordance with professional standards and practices, applicable law, rules of conduct, regulations, policy, procedure and written directives.

The Audits unit is responsible for reviewing the reliability and integrity of financial and operating information; reviewing the systems established to ensure compliance with those policies, plans, procedures, laws, and regulations; reviewing the means of safeguarding assets, and as appropriate, verifying the existence of such assets; reviewing operations or programs to determine whether results are consistent with established objectives and goals; reviewing specific operations at the request of senior management; monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the organization’s risk management system; and monitoring progress and coordination with internal stakeholders to support corrective actions required for compliance with the recommendations of the Department of Legislative Services, Office of Legislative Audits outstanding audit issues audit findings.