Report 2011-116.2 Recommendations
When an audit is completed and a report is issued, auditees must provide the State Auditor with information regarding their progress in implementing recommendations from our reports at three intervals from the release of the report: 60 days, six months, and one year. Additionally, Senate Bill 1452 (Chapter 452, Statutes of 2006), requires auditees who have not implemented recommendations after one year, to report to us and to the Legislature why they have not implemented them or to state when they intend to implement them. Below, is a listing of each recommendation the State Auditor made in the report referenced and a link to the most recent response from the auditee addressing their progress in implementing the recommendation and the State Auditor's assessment of auditee's response based on our review of the supporting documentation.
Recommendations in Report 2011-116.2: Department of General Services: Strengthening the Division of the State Architect's Workload Management and Performance Measurements Could Help It Avoid Delays in Processing Future Increases in Workload (Release Date: May 2012)
| Recommendations to General Services, Department of | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Recommendation | Status |
| 1 | To better gauge the timeliness of its plan review and better communicate with design professionals, the division should develop goals for the time spent on the plan review phase, in the style of those used by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, and measure and report its success at meeting these goals. |
Fully Implemented |
| 2 | In order to avoid delays in plan review, the division should develop a policy that defines when it will expedite plan review using its statutory authority to contract for additional plan review resources. |
Fully Implemented |
| 3 | To more accurately report on its plan review activities to stakeholders and provide relevant information to management, the division should provide current information on its performance, by phase, at the time of the reporting period. |
Fully Implemented |
| 4 | To more accurately report on its plan review activities to stakeholders and provide relevant information to management, the division should exclude zero values from its calculations related to projects that did not have activity in a particular phase. |
Fully Implemented |
| 5 | To more accurately report on its plan review activities to stakeholders and provide relevant information to management, the division should exclude projects from client phase calculations that were not returned to the division for back check within the division's deadlines. |
Fully Implemented |
| 6 | To appropriately oversee changes to approved plans, the division should develop policies and procedures to ensure that it receives all relevant plan changes. |
Fully Implemented |
| 7 | To appropriately oversee changes to approved plans, the division should develop policies and procedures to ensure that it reviews and approves all relevant plan changes before the start of related construction. |
Fully Implemented |
| 8 | To appropriately oversee changes to approved plans, the division should develop policies and procedures to ensure that it documents its approval of all relevant plan changes. |
Fully Implemented |
| 9 | To ensure that the division performs a final review in all disciplines, the division should require and provide a means for recording final plan review of fire and life safety and access compliance-related work in the database. |
Fully Implemented |
| 10 | To ensure that staff are current on building standards, the division should document its staff 's participation in building standards update trainings by maintaining attendance rosters. |
Fully Implemented |