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.”

Attachments – 1

  1. Exhibit A – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department FY 2019 Internal Audit Plan

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