Report 2018-132 Recommendation 20 Responses

Report 2018-132: Bureau of Gambling Control and California Gambling Control Commission: Their Licensing Processes Are Inefficient and Foster Unequal Treatment of Applicants (Release Date: May 2019)

Recommendation #20 To: Justice, Department of

To ensure that its employees allocate their activities to the correct funding sources, the bureau should by July 2019 formalize policies and procedures that provide clear guidelines to employees when reporting time spent on activities that relate to funding sources other than the funding sources for their positions.

60-Day Agency Response

BGC has developed and implemented policies and procedures to ensure accurate time reporting and corrected the allocation of expenditures between the SDF and GCF on a quarterly basis.

BGC has corrected expenditures for Fiscal Years 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

As reported in our assessment of recommendation #19, the bureau provided a new policy stating that it will review staff's reported hours quarterly and make any necessary fund corrections.

All Recommendations in 2018-132

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.