Commission Agenda Item No. 3
Presenter: Brandy Meeks

Action
Approval of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Fiscal Year 2021 Internal Audit Plan
August 27, 2020

I.          Executive Summary: Texas 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 Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission’s approval for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 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 2021 Internal Audit Plan as listed in Exhibit A."

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Commission Agenda Item No. 3
Exhibit A

 

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Fiscal Year 2021 Proposed Internal Audit Plan

 

Projects	Budgeted Hours
FY 2020 Carryover Projects	1400
FY 2021 New Projects
Audit of Selected IT Systems and Processes Social Media Sites Boater/Hunter Education System Employee Off-Boarding Process Involving Division Systems	2000
Audit of Selected Grants	550
Audit of Selected Contracts	550
Fiscal Controls of Selected State Parks (14) and Law Enforcement Offices (4)	2200
Use of Force Compliance Audit	500
Quarterly Follow-up of Internal and External Audit Recommendations	600
Advisory Project
FLSA Classification Advisory	550
Special Projects and Investigations	450
Administrative	400
Total	9200

List of Alternative Projects