Report 2015-505 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 2015-505: Follow-Up—California Department of Veterans Affairs: Better Collection and Use of Data Would Improve Its Outreach Efforts, and It Needs to Strengthen Its Oversight of County Veterans Service Officer Programs (Release Date: July 2015)
| Recommendations to Veterans Affairs, Department of | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Recommendation | Status |
| 1 | CalVet should fully implement the recommendations from our 2009 report. |
Fully Implemented |
| 2 | Veterans Services should develop and implement a plan by December 31, 2015, to routinely analyze and use myCalVet data to identify trends in the services veterans and their families indicate they are most interested in and incorporate the results of such analyses into its outreach efforts. |
Fully Implemented |
| 3 | To determine the most successful methods for informing veterans and their families about the myCalVet website, and to increase the number of registered users, Veterans Services should evaluate myCalVet data to identify which marketing methods were most effective in informing registered users about the website. Veterans Services should complete this analysis on an annual basis, beginning no later than December 31, 2015. |
Fully Implemented |
| 4 | To enhance the effectiveness of its outreach activities, CalVet should initiate, by October 31, 2015, steps to establish a regulation, in accordance with state law, that will require the CVSOs to report information on their outreach activities to CalVet. |
Fully Implemented |
| 5 | To ensure that the funding it distributes to the CVSOs is consistent with their actual workloads, Veterans Services should, by December 31, 2015, develop and implement procedures to more thoroughly review the accuracy of the data in the CVSOs' workload activity reports by reviewing the records that are the basis of the reports. |
Fully Implemented |
| 6 | To ensure correctness, completeness, and consistency in its audits of the CVSOs' workload activity reports, Veterans Services should formalize and document its audit procedures for reviewing these reports by December 31, 2015. |
Fully Implemented |
| 7 | To improve its oversight of the College Fee Waiver Program and ensure that the CVSOs are not erroneously waiving college fees, Veterans Services should develop and implement a review process for college fee waivers by December 31, 2015. |
Fully Implemented |