State Agencies
Report #: 21-112
School Facilities Board
Performance Audit
September 23, 2021
Board has established processes for meeting some of its statutory responsibilities, but has not inspected school district buildings, ensured the accuracy of some school facility square footage... Read More
Report #: 21-111
Nursing, Board of
Performance Audit
September 22, 2021
Board generally issued licenses/certificates we reviewed in accordance with statute and rule but did not resolve some complaints in a timely manner, which may affect patient safety; remit all... Read More
Report #: 21-405
Education, Department of
Valley Academy for Career and Technology Education
Financial Investigation
September 22, 2021
We received an allegation of financial misconduct by Dennis Fiscus, former Department Career and Technical Education programs of study director, and Lois Lamer, former Valley Academy for Career... Read More
Report #: 21-110
Public Safety, Department of
Performance Audit
September 10, 2021
Department and other criminal justice agencies share statutory responsibility for ensuring central repository includes accurate criminal history records, but incomplete records may potentially put... Read More
Report #: 21-109
Veterans Service Advisory Commission, Veterans Services, Department of
Performance Audit
August 24, 2021
Department and Commission met some statutory objectives and purposes, such as providing benefits counseling assistance to veterans and policy advice to the Governor, but Department did not comply... Read More
Report #: 21-108
Barbers, Board of
Performance Audit
August 4, 2021
Board licensed applicants without ensuring they met all requirements, did not annually inspect all barber shops and schools and consider potential disciplinary actions for inspection violations,... Read More
Report #: 21-105
Regents, Board of
Performance Audit
June 25, 2021
ABOR has established processes related to several of its statutory responsibilities we reviewed but can improve its effectiveness in other areas, including discussing the universities’ significant... Read More
Report #: 21-104
Juvenile Corrections, Department of
Performance Audit
June 21, 2021
Department has not always followed its policy and procedures for referring youth to temporary stabilization units (TSUs), and youth isolation can potentially have negative consequences and... Read More
Report #: 21-103
Regents, Board of
Performance Audit
June 3, 2021
Universities have not consistently followed ABOR’s guidelines governing university relationships with affiliated organizations, limiting full transparency and accountability for some university... Read More
Report #: 21-102
Real Estate, Department of
Performance Audit
April 27, 2021
Department met some of its statutory objectives and purposes but did not ensure it selected high-risk brokerages for audit, confirm the validity of license applicants’ fingerprint clearance cards... Read More
Report #: 21-101
Veterans Services, Department of
Performance Audit
April 12, 2021
Department operates State Veterans’ Homes, reported implementing emergency actions to respond to COVID-19 pandemic, and took action to correct licensing, health, safety, and infection-control... Read More
Report #: 21-301
-Arizona, State of
Annual Review
April 2, 2021
As required by law, we completed a review of per diem compensation and expense reimbursement payments to members of State boards, commissions, councils, and advisory committees (collectively... Read More
Report #: 20-302
Attorney General, Office of the
Special Review
December 29, 2020
As required by law, we completed our biennial review of the Attorney General’s Office use of Anti-racketeering Revolving Fund monies for fiscal years 2019 and 2020. We did not identify any... Read More
Report #: 20-113
Child Safety, Department of
Special Report
December 28, 2020
Although the Department has various practices that can help ensure the reliability of the underlying data it uses to calculate caseloads for 3 public reports, its method for calculating caseloads... Read More
Report #: 20-112
Dispensing Opticians, Board of
Performance Audit
November 18, 2020
Board has generally met its statutory objective and purpose but should ensure that dispensing optician license applicants submit required lawful presence documentation, provide written notice of... Read More
Report #: 20-111
Sports and Tourism Authority
Performance Audit
November 6, 2020
Authority distributed some revenues inconsistent with statutory requirements, discontinued a key Stadium management oversight practice and did not document other oversight practices, and did not... Read More
Report #: 20-110
Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Board of
Performance Audit
November 5, 2020
Board licensed/registered applicants without ensuring they met key public protection requirements and did not properly perform funeral establishment and crematory inspections or perform some of... Read More
Report #: 20-109
Corrections, Department of
Performance Audit
October 9, 2020
Department spending we reviewed was consistent with statutory and other requirements, but the Department has received a small percentage of its requested capital funding and has not addressed... Read More
Report #: 20-108
Agriculture, Department of
Performance Audit
September 30, 2020
Department did not comply with all statutory conflict-of-interest requirements and effectively safeguard its IT systems and sensitive data
Economic Security-ALTCS Contract, Department of
Financial Audit, IT Related Findings
September 30, 2020
