State Agencies
This performance audit report focused on the program’s overall effectiveness and automated system. While the child support program has significantly improved its collections performance in recent years, many families still...
The Family Literacy Program (FLP) aims to improve the basic academic and literacy skills of economically and educationally disadvantaged parents and their preschool-age children. Since last year’s evaluation, Arizona’s Department...
The Department has substantially improved security in almost all areas. However, the Department still has to operate some facilities where the poor design or the type of buildings diminishes staff...
During the 44th Legislature, 1st Special Session, the Legislature passed Chapter 4, §16, requiring the Office of the Auditor General to help explain the factors impacting administrative costs for school...
Coordination between the Division and Child Protective Services can be improved to ensure that foster care children with developmental disabilities receive timely and appropriate services. Comprehensive cross-training and updated policies...
This report addresses issues related to the Arizona State Boxing Commission (Commission) and the Arizona Department of Racing’s (Department) efforts to regulate and collect revenues from boxing and other fighting...
The Office of the Auditor General has performed audit work to address the 12 statutory Sunset Factors for the Arizona Department of Agriculture. These factors accompany a series of seven...
This report addresses the Department’s efforts to ensure compliance with the State’s agricultural pesticide laws. The State’s system for enforcing pesticide laws is greatly limited in its ability to assess...
This report addresses the Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Development and Promotion Program and the activities of Arizona Grown, a key component of the Program’s domestic promotion efforts. The auditors' review...
The report addresses the agricultural testing services offered by the Department’s Lab. We found that while privatizing the entire Lab would not be cost-effective, the Department may be able to...
This report addresses the Department’s Pest Exclusion and Management Program. Despite inherent limitations, Department inspections at Arizona’s ports-of-entry help avoid costly pest infestations. Even though it inspects only a fraction...
This report focuses on the need to expand the use of the DNA database program in solving crimes. This program allows law enforcement to match crime-scene evidence against a database...
This report includes findings and recommendations for the Arizona Office of Tourism (AOT) in four areas. First, the auditors found that AOT had violated state procurement statutes and guidelines. Auditors...
This report addressed the Department’s Food Safety and Quality Assurance Program and its Non-Food Product Quality Assurance Program. Specifically, the auditors surveyed members of the citrus, fruit, and vegetable industry...