Report I2017-1 Recommendation 18 Responses

Report I2017-1: Investigations of Improper Activities by State Agencies and Employees: Misuse of Resources, Inaccurate Attendance Records, Disclosure of Confidential Information, and Improper Payments (Release Date: March 2017)

Case Number I2016-0015

Recommendation #18 To: Corrections and Rehabilitation, Department of

CDCR should enforce its current procedure for personnel staff to conduct annual audits of the Institutional Worker Supervision Pay (IWSP) program.

Agency Response From November 2019

CDCR revised its audit process and provided direction to personnel staff in a personnel information bulletin in June 2019.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Fully Implemented


Agency Response From November 2018

CDCR reported that because it had revised the completion date for its IWSP procedural manual, it had revised the completion date of its training to January 31, 2019.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented


Agency Response From November 2017

CDCR reported that it is revising and updating its IWSP procedures manual. In addition, CDCR stated that its Office of Personnel Services (personnel services) anticipates completing training at CDCR personnel offices department-wide by February 28, 2018. Further, CDCR stated that personnel services will monitor the institutions to ensure completion of the annual audits of the IWSP program.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented


Agency Response From April 2017

CDCR reported that on March 1, 2017, the personnel officer at CIW completed a meeting and training with personnel staff to reiterate the expectation for personnel staff to conduct a monthly IWSP audit and an annual IWSP audit each January.

We expressed our concern to CDCR that it is solely applying this recommendation at the institutional level rather than department-wide as we intended. We also asked CDCR to specify the steps it will take to ensure that the personnel officer at CIW will complete the required annual audit since one had not been done since 2013.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented


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