The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) followed up on its 2011 report “Payroll Internal Controls.” The purpose of the follow-up was to determine whether the City implemented corrective actions proposed in response to the original report.
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The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) wrote members of the Orleans delegation to the Louisiana State Legislature to express his opposition to HB 430, which added an exclusion to La. R.S. 44:11 for virtually all personnel records of law enforcement personnel in the State of Louisiana, including completed internal affairs investigations.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a performance audit of the New Orleans Police Department’s (NOPD) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) process for the period June 1, 2010 through May 31, 2013. Forcible Rape was selected for testing based on the FBI’s 2012 published crime statistics. The data revealed that forcible rape in New Orleans was 43% lower than 24 other cities with the highest crime rates.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of the New Orleans Police Department’s (NOPD) grant expenditures between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012. The objective was to test grant controls, test grant compliance, and search for waste or abuse.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) followed up on its report “New Orleans Aviation Board Month-to-Month Contracts.” The purpose of the follow-up was to determine if the NOAB implemented corrective actions in response to issues identified in the original report.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a review of the New Orleans Firefighters’ Pension and Relief Fund (NOFFPRF) policies and procedures for credit card transactions and expense reimbursements from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2012. The objective of the review was to verify that the New Orleans Firefighters’ Pension Board (the board) had adequate internal controls over employee and board member credit card purchases and expense reimbursements and that those controls were operating effectively.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) followed up on its 2011 performance audit “Fixed Assets Internal Controls.” Auditors found that the City resolved one finding and partially resolved three of the nine findings noted in the 2011 Report. The City did not update its policies and procedures related to fixed asset internal controls, retired assets without approval, and failed to tag new assets.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a performance audit of the French Market Corporation’s (FMC) policies and procedures regarding the use of funds for the period January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2011. The objective of the performance audit was to evaluate the FMC’s internal controls over use of funds and test if these controls were implemented and operating effectively.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) followed up on its 2012 report “A Review of the New Orleans Aviation Board’s Credit Card Activity.” The OIG conducted this follow-up to determine if the NOAB had implemented the corrective actions agreed to in its response to the prior report.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a performance audit of the New Orleans Aviation Board’s (NOAB) contract payment process. This performance audit was conducted to determine if the NOAB had controls in place to prevent and detect fraud, waste and abuse related to contract payments and to test whether these controls were operating effectively.
