Commission Agenda Item No. 1
Presenter: Cindy Hancock

Action
Approval of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Fiscal Year 2019 Internal Audit Plan
November 7, 2018

I.      Executive Summary: Government Code chapter 2102, Internal Auditing, section 2102.008, Approval of Audit Plan and Audit Report, states, “The annual audit plan developed by the internal auditor must be approved by the state agency’s governing board or by the administrator of a state agency if the state agency does not have a governing board.”

II.     Discussion: The Office of Internal Audit requests the Commission’s approval for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 audit projects listed in Exhibit A.

III.    Recommendation: The staff recommends the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission adopt the following motion:

“The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approves the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department FY 2019 Internal Audit Plan as listed in Exhibit A.”

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Commission Agenda Item No. 1
Exhibit A

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department FY 2019 Internal Audit Plan

FY 2019 New Projects	Budgeted Hours
Audit of Selected IT Systems and Processes	1266
Audit of Selected Grants	500
Audit of Selected Contracts	400
Fiscal Controls of Selected Law Enforcement Offices (12)	1400
Fiscal Controls of Selected Wildlife Management Areas (6)	800
Advisory Projects
• FEMA Coordination	400
• ADA Coordination	400
• Land Conservation Program	800
• Toll Tags	300
• License Fraud	200
• Encumbrance Monitoring	40
Follow-up of Internal and External Audit Recommendations	500
Special Projects and Investigations	252
Total	7258

List of Alternative Projects
Fiscal Controls of Selected State Parks