Office of Audits & Advisory Services

Mission Statement - The mission of the Auditor and Controller’s Office of Audits & Advisory Services (OAAS) is to provide independent, objective assurance and consulting services designed to add value and improve the organization’s operations. It helps the organization accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes.

Fiscal Year 2024-2025

• Transition Audit – PDS (Lynch to Nicoletti to Lynch)
• Transition Audit – LUEG (Aghassi to Albright to Lynch to Harbert)
• Transition Audit – HHSA HR (Evers to Connolly)
• Transition Audit – DAS (Campbell to Smith to Lujan)
• Workforce Management – Retention and Recruitment Practices

Fiscal Year 2023-2024

• Third-Party Risks
• Transition Audit – MCS (McDonald to Beam)
• Transition Audit – HHSA (Macchione to McDonald)
• Transition Audit – DPW (Morgan to Gade)
• Inventories
• Public Administrator Guardian Vault & Warehouse
• Transition Audit – BOS (Fletcher to Montgomery Steppe)
• Transition Audit – PD (Braner to Rodriguez)
• Vector Control Benefit Assessment
• Transition Audit – DPW (Gade to Morgan)
• HOME & CDBG Program Loan Administration
• Neighborhood Reinvestment Program and Community Enhancement - Grant Administration
• Transition Audit – DPR (Albright to Hemmens to Hilton to Trojanowska to Albright)
• Transition Audit – CAO (Robbins-Meyer to Aghassi)
• IHSS Public Authority
• United Domestic Workers Health Care Trust Fund
• Automobile Insurance Fraud Grant
• Disability & Healthcare Insurance Fraud Grant
• Urban Automobile Fraud Grant
• Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Grant
• HHSA – Child Development Program
• IHSS Public Authority Money Purchase Pension Plan
• San Diego Regional Building Authority
• Intergovernmental Training & Development Center
• Emergency Services Organization
• Records Management Program
• Mental Health Services Act
• Transition Audit – DPW (Gade to Morgan)
• Neighborhood Reinvestment Program and Community Enhancement Program - Support for Expenditures 
• Transition Audit – PD (Mize to Braner)
• CARES Act Economic Stimulus Program
• First 5 Commission of San Diego

Fiscal Year 2022-2023

• ARPA Funds Administration
  
• IHSS Public Authority Money Purchase Pension Plan
  
• IHSS Public Authority
  
• Vector Control Benefit Assessment
• United Domestic Workers Health Care Trust Fund
  
• Records Management Program
  
• Inventories
• GWOW Program
• Transition Audit – SHF (Ray to Martinez)
• Transition Audit – COCO (Eldridge to Silva)
• Transition Audit – ARCC (Dronenburg to Marks)
• Transition Audit – DPW (Moneda to Gade)
• Transition Audit – PAPGPC (Gaines to Gallo and Bergmann)
• Countywide P-Card
• Procurement Process
• Intergovernmental Training & Development Center
• San Diego Regional Building Authority
• SanGIS
• Emergency Services Organization
• Grants and Contract Management – District Attorney’s Office
• Transition Audit – CTO (Green to Shiotsugu to Smith)
• Transition Audit – PHS (Wooten to Hernandez)
• Fleet Management: Vehicle Procurement & Maintenance
• Transition Audit – SHF (Gore to Ray)
• Transition Audit – HHSA (Regional Operations)
• HHSA – Child Development Program
• First 5 Commission of San Diego
• Automobile Insurance Fraud Grant
• Disability & Healthcare Insurance Fraud Grant
• Urban Automobile Fraud Grant
• Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Grant

Fiscal Year 2021-2022

• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
• CARES Act Expenditures
• Grant and Contract Management
• Transition Audit - PDS (Flannery to Lynch)
• Transition Audit - SDCF (Reddick to Collins)
• Transition Audit - PROB (Escuro to Nelson)
• Vector Control Benefit Assessment
• Records Management Program
• Intergovernmental Training & Development Center
• SanGIS
• Emergency Services Organization
• United Domestic Workers Health Care Trust Fund
• Transition Audit - HHSA (Pease to Danon)
• Transition Audit - COCO (Smith to Eldridge)
• Probation Department Compliance
• CARES Act Assistance to Cities
• Automobile Insurance Fraud Grant
• Disability & Healthcare Insurance Fraud Grant
• First 5 Commission of San Diego
• HHSA - Child Development Program
• IHSS Public Authority Money Purchase Pension Plan
• IHSS Public Authority
• San Diego Regional Building Authority
• Urban Automobile Fraud Grant
• Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Grant
• Transition Audit - MCSA (Yphantides to McDonald)
• Transition Audit - PROB (Gonzales to Escuro)
• United Domestic Workers Health Care Trust Fund

Fiscal Year 2020-2021

• Transition Audit - PDS (Wardlaw to Flannery)
• Vector Control Benefit Assessment
• Transition Audit - ACS (Danon to Ramsberger)
• Office of Military and Veterans Affairs Performance Audit
• Neighborhood Reinvestment Program and Community Enhancement Program - Support for Expenditures
• Transition Audit - CTO (Haas to Green)
• Transition Audit - BOS (Cox to Vargas)
• Transition Audit - BOS (Jacob to Anderson)
• Transition Audit - BOS (Gaspar to Lawson-Remer)
• Transition Audit - COCO (Montgomery to Smith)
• Transition Audit - ROV (Vu to Paes)
• Transition Audit - HHSA (Arabatzis)
• Records Management Program
• Intergovernmental Training & Development Center
• San Diego Regional Building Authority
• HHSA - Child Development Program
• Emergency Services Organization
• Transition Audit – PAPGPC (Sellers to Gaines)
• Transition Audit – CME (Wagner to Campman)
• Transition Audit – DAS (DeSousa to Lujan to Campbell)
• Body Worn Cameras
• Mental Health Services Act
• Worksite & Systems Access, Safety & Security Controls
• Transition Audit – CLERB (Estrada to Parker)
• Automobile Insurance Fraud Grant
• Disability & Healthcare Insurance Fraud Grant
• First 5 Commission of San Diego
• IHSS Public Authority Money Purchase Pension Plan
• IHSS Public Authority
• SanGIS
• Urban Automobile Fraud Grant
• Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Grant
• Transition Audit – DPR (Hemmens to Albright)
• Transition Audit – FG3 (Sandoval to Shelton)
• Transition Audit – HHSA (Arabatzis)
• Transition Audit – HHSA (Arabatzis to Pease)
• Transition Audit – HHSA (Pease to Thompson)
• Transition Audit – DPW (Crompton to Albright)
• Vector Control Benefit Assessment
• Transition Audit – DPW (Albright to Moneda)
• Job Order Contract Management

Fiscal Year 2019-2020

• Public Administrator Guardian Conservator Performance Audit
• Transition Audit - PSG (Lane to Porter)
• Transition Audit - DPR (Albright to Hemmens)
• Transition Audit - DEH (Rothschild to Harbert)
• Travel Expense Reimbursement Claims
• Transition Audit - OES (Porter to Toney)
• Housing Programs
• Transition Audit - HHSA Regional Operations (Alemeselassie to Bransford-Koons)
• Community Action Partnership
• Office of Revenue and Recovery Performance Audit
• Records Management Program
• Intergovernmental Training & Development Center
• SanGIS
• HHSA Child Development Program
• IHSS Public Authority Money Purchase Pension Plan
• IHSS Public Authority
• Automobile Insurance Fraud Grant
• Disability & Healthcare Insurance Fraud Grant
• Emergency Services Organization
• Urban Automobile Fraud Grant
• Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Grant
• United Domestic Workers Health Care Trust Fund
• San Diego Regional Building Authority
• First 5 Commission of San Diego
• Capital Projects Cost Classification
• Transition Audit – OSI (Pease to Riccitelli)
• County of San Diego Advisory Boards
• Transition Audit – CWS (Palatella to Giardina)
• Transition Audit – BHS (Aguirre to Bergmann)
• Transition Audit – CWS (Giardina to Alemeselassie)
• Transition Audit – A&C (Sandoval to Drager)
• Neighborhood Reinvestment Program and Community Enhancement Program – Support for Expenditures

Fiscal Year 2018-2019

• Medical/Recreational Marijuana Compliance
• Vector Control Benefit Assessment
• Transition Audit – COB (Hall to Potter)
• Transition Audit – OSI (Fleming to Passons/Macchione)
• Risk Management – Loss Prevention Program
• Emergency Services Organization
• Records Management Program
• SanGIS
• United Domestic Workers Health Care Trust Fund
• Data Loss Prevention
• Transition Audit - Integrative Services (Passons)
• Transition Audit - HHSA Regional Operations (Gallo to Alemeselassie)
• Transition Audit - AIS (Matthews to Gallo)
• Transition Audit - BOS (Roberts to Fletcher)
• Transition Audit - BOS (Horn to Desmond)
• Transition Audit - CLERB (Hershkowitz to Estrada)
• Automobile Insurance Fraud Grant
• Disability & Healthcare Insurance Fraud Grant
• First 5 Commission of San Diego
• HHSA Child Development Programs
• IHSS Public Authority Money Purchase Pension Plan
• IHSS Public Authority
• Intergovernmental Training & Development Center
• San Diego Regional Building Authority
• Urban Automobile Fraud Grant
• Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Grant
• Transition Audit - CLERB (Parker to Hershkowitz)
• Countywide Contract Management

Fiscal Year 2017-2018

• Neighborhood Reinvestment Program and Community Enhancement Program - Support for Expenditures
• SanGIS
• SanGIS Management Report
• Transition Audit - DA (Dumanis to Stephan)
• Conflict of Interest Policies
• Vector Control Benefit Assessment
• General IT Computing Controls - Sheriff
• Automobile Insurance Fraud Grant
• Disability & Healthcare Insurance Fraud Grant
• Urban Automobile Fraud Grant
• Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Grant
• San Diego Regional Building Authority
• Intergovernmental Training & Development Center
• Emergency Services Organization
• Emergency Services Organization Management Report
• Asset Management Practices Countywide
• Records Management Program
• Transition Audit – HCDS (Henderson to Estrella)
• First 5 Commission of San Diego
• HHSA Child Development Programs
• IHSS Public Authority Money Purchase Pension Plan
• IHSS Public Authority
• Transition Audit - First 5 (Gallo to Arguilez)
• Social Security Number Truncation Program - Phase II
• Transition Audit - AIS (Seller to Matthews)
• Developer Deposits
• Transition Audit - Public Defender (Coker to Mize)
• Transition Audit - Animal Services (Danielson to DeSouza)
• Mental Health Services Act

Fiscal Year 2016-2017

• First Five Commission
• First Five Commission Single Audit
• HHSA Child Development Programs
• IHSS Public Authority
• IHSS Public Authority Pension Plan
• Automobile Insurance Fraud Grant
• Disability & Healthcare Insurance Fraud Grant
• Urban Automobile Grant
• Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Grant
• Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Grant IV
• Intergovernmental Training & Development Center
• San Diego Regional Building Authority
• Records Management
• Emergency Services Funds
• Emergency Services Fund Management Report
• SanGIS
• SanGIS Management Report
• Transition Audit - AIS (Sellers to Matthews)
• Federal Uniform Guidelines - Implementation
• Neighborhood Reinvestment Program & Community Enhancement
• ConnectWellSD Contract Payments
• Animal Services - Euthanasia Practices
• 2011 Public Safety Realignment Fund Audit
• Vector Control Benefit Assessment Audit
• Housing and Community Development Services - Section 8 Follow-Up Audit
• Performance Audit of Agriculture, Weights and Measures
• Transition Audit - CLERB (Hunter to Setzler)
• Transition Audit - DGS (Heinse to Medved)
• Transition Audit - HHSA Child Welfare Services (Zanders-Willis to Palatella)
• Transition Audit - BOS (Robert to Gaspar)
• Transition Audit - Library (Aponte to Acosta)
• Transition Audit - Probation (Jenkins to Gonzales)
• Transition Audit - HHSA Regional Operations (Jimenez and Matthews to Gallo)
• Transition Audit - DEH (Harbert to Rothschild)
• Transition Audit – DEH (Pozzebon to Harbert)
• General Services Billing Practices
• Transition Audit – HHSA Regional Operations (Brown-Mercadel to Jimenez and Matthews)
• Neighborhood Reinvestment Program and Community Enhancement –Support for Expenditures
• Accounts Payable Interfacing Claims

Fiscal Year 2015-2016

• Controlled Substances - Sheriff's Department Medical Services Division Follow-up
• IT Project Management Practices
• County of San Diego Automobile Insurance Fraud Grant - 2015
• County of San Diego Disability and Healthcare Insurance Fraud Grant - 2015
• County of San Diego  - 2015 Health and Human Services Agency Child Development - 2015
• County of San Diego In-Home Support Services Public Authority - 2015 
• County of San Diego In-Home Support Services Public Authority - Money Purchase Pension Plan - 2015
• County of San Diego Organized Urban Automobile Fraud Grant - 2015
• County of San Diego Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud Grant - 2015
• County of San Diego Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Grant Imperial County - 2015
• First Five Commision of San Diego Financial Report - 2015
• First Five Commission of San Diego Single Audit - 2015
• Records Management Program - 2015
• San Diego Geographic Information Source - 2015
• San Diego Regional Building Authority - 2015
• Southern Intergovernmental Training Development Center - 2015
• Unified San Diego County Emergency Services Organization - 2015
• Controlled Substances - HHSA Edgemoor Nursing Facility Follow-up
• Vector Control Benefit Assessment
• Funding and Claim Process for CDBG Projects
• Mobile Device Management
• Mental Health Systems Special Review
• Purchasing and Contracting Performance
• Storm Water
• Transition Audit - CSG (Estrella to Heinze)
• Court Revenue
• Child Welfare Services - Performance
• Overtime Salaries and Benefits - Countywide Audit
• Wire Transfer Audit
• Housing and Community Development Section 8 Fraud Investigations Audit

Fiscal Year 2014-2015

• County of San Diego Automobile Insurance Fraud Grant
• County of San Diego Disability and Healthcare Insurance Fraud Grant
• County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency Child Development
• County of San Diego In-Home Support Services Public Authority
• County of San Diego In-Home Support Services Public Authority Money Purchase Pension Plan
• County of San Diego Organized Urban Automobile Fraud Grant
• County of San Diego Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud Grant
• County of San Diego Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud Grant Imperial County
• First Five Commission of San Diego Financial Report
• First Five Commission of San Diego Single Audit Report
• Records Management Program
• San Diego Geographic Information Source
• San Diego Regional Building Authority
• Southern Intergovernmental Training & Development Center
• Unified San Diego County Emergency Services Organization
• IT Billing Follow-up Audit
• Transition Audit - COB (Pastuszka to Hall)
• Public Employees' Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) Compliance Audit
• Department of Animal Services - Service Contracts Audit
• Transition Audit - HR (Winterbottom-Whitney to Evers)
• Neighborhood Reinvestment Program and Community Enhancement Support for Expenditures
• Cloud Computing Audit
• Software Asset Management & Domain Names Management Services Audit
• Behavioral Health Services - Contract Monitoring Audit
• Internal Service Funds Audit
• Transition Audit - CSC (Zamary to Adams)
• Community-Based Care Transition Program
• Probation Department Grant Administration Audit
• IT Disaster Recovery Audit
• Revenue and Recovery Collection Audit
• Electronic Benefit Transfer Card Inventory
• Final Report - Women's Detention Facility AB 900 Jail Financing Program
• Transition Audit - DEH (Miller to Pozzebon)