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FISCAL YEAR 2011 ANNUAL INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT BOX 19112 ARLINGTON, TX 76019-0112 817-272-0150 www.uta.edu/internalaudit

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FISCAL YEAR 2011 ANNUAL INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT

THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT BOX 19112

ARLINGTON, TX 76019-0112 817-272-0150

www.uta.edu/internalaudit

 

Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Audit Report for State Auditor’s Office

  

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Internal Audit Plan for Fiscal Year 2011………….………………….……………….………

II. External Quality Assurance Review…….……………………………………………….…….

III. List of Audits Completed ……………………………...………………………………..……..

IV. List of Consulting Engagements and Non-audit Services Completed …...………………….

V. Organizational Chart ………………….…………………………………………….………...

VI. Report on Other Internal Audit Activities…………..……...…..…………………….…….….

VII. Internal Audit Plan for Fiscal Year 2012……………………………………..………………..

VIII. External Audit Services..............................................................................................................

IX. Reporting Suspecting Fraud and Abuse.....................................................................................

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Purpose of the Annual Report: To provide information on the benefits and effectiveness of the internal audit function. In addition, the annual report assists central oversight agencies in their work planning and coordinating efforts. I. Internal Audit Plan for the Fiscal Year 2011

AUDIT BUDGETED HOURS

FINANCIAL AUDITS FY 2010 Financial Statement Audit (AFR) 800.00 FY 2011 Financial Statement Audit (Interim) 100.00 Presidential Housing, Travel & Entertainment Expense Audit 100.00 NCAA Financial Audit 150.00 Joint Admission Medical Program "JAMP" (Biennial Requirement) 80.00 Financial Portion to the Statewide Single Audit (assistance to SAO) follow-up 40.00

Financial Audits Subtotal 1,270.00 OPERATIONAL AUDITS (C/F) Disability Services/Fire and Life Safety 200.00 Procurement Card Audit 200.00 Employee Check-Out Process 250.00 Operational Review of Grant & Contract Administration and Accounting 238.00

Operational Audits Subtotal 888.00 COMPLIANCE AUDITS (C/F) New Construction and Renovation Projects Review Against THECB Requirements 200.00

Advanced Technology Program/Advanced Research Program (ATP/ARP) 140.00 Institutional Compliance Program Audit 240.00 Travel Policy Compliance and Spending Review 200.00 Federal Portion of Statewide Single Audit (assistance to the SAO) follow-up 60.00 Endowments' Stewardship 220.00

Compliance Audits Subtotal 1,060.00 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (C/F) Information Technology Governance Audit IIA Standards 2110.A2 25.00 TAC 202 Biennial Requirement 250.00 Information Security Program Audit 200.00 Security Review of Decentralized Servers 250.00

Information Technology Subtotal 725.00 FOLLOW-UP AUDITS Follow-Up Audits (IT Related) 252.00 Follow-Up Audits (Non IT Related) 200.00

Follow-Up Audits Subtotal 452.00AUDIT PROJECTS UT System Requests 400.00 FY 2012 Annual Audit Plan Preparation 140.00 Annual Internal Audit report 60.00

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Special Audits & Other Audit-Related Activities 250.00 Spot Audits of Petty Cash Funds 40.00

Audit Projects Subtotal 890.00 CONSULTING PROJECTS Special Requests – Consulting 150.00

Consulting Projects Subtotal 150.00 OTHER PROJECTS Quality Assurance Review Follow Up 60.00 Committees (e.g. Internal Audit, Compliance and other Committee Involvement) 200.00

Investigations 160.00 TeamMate Conversion and Procedures 250.00 Special Requests – Projects 180.00

Other Projects Subtotal 850.00

TOTAL AUDIT HOURS 6,285.00 Deviations from plan: The Institutional Audit Committee approved cancelling the Operational Review of Grant & Contract Administration and Accounting audit in view of a ERP system implementation and the SAO A-133 Audit of the Research Cluster. The audit’s remaining 102 hours were re-allocated to Follow-Up Audits, IT Related.

Audit Original Budgeted Hours Change After

Approval Follow-Up Audits IT Related 150.00 102.00 252.00Operational Review of Grant & Contract Administration and Accounting

340.00 (102.00) 238.00

Total 490.00 -- 490.00 The Security Review of Decentralized Servers audit was cancelled, due to policy and procedure changes that significantly reduced the risk in this area and these hours were used in other audit work plan areas. II. External Quality Assurance Review UT Arlington’s Department of Internal Audit completed a Quality Assurance Review in May 2009. Members of the review team were: Kathryn Kapka (The University of Texas at Tyler), Scott Pierce (Georgia Southern University), and Paul Tyler (The University of Texas at San Antonio). The review reports that the Department of Internal Audit generally conforms with the standards in all areas. The following table contains the analysis of how the Department of Internal Audit at The University of Texas at Arlington’s activities conform to each section of the Standards.

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Standard Type and Description Opinion Attribute Standards 10- Purpose, Authority and Responsibility Generally Conforms 1- Independence and Objectivity Generally Conforms 12- Proficiency and Due Professional Care Generally Conforms 13- Quality Assurance and Improvement Program Generally Conforms Performance Standards 20- Managing the Internal Audit Activity Generally Conforms 2- Nature of Work Generally Conforms 22- Engagement Planning Generally Conforms 23- Performing the Engagement Generally Conforms 24- Communicating Results Generally Conforms 25- Monitoring Progress Generally Conforms 26- Resolution of Senior Management's Acceptance of Risks Generally Conforms The Institute of Internal Auditors' Code of Ethics Generally Conforms

 All members of management interviewed were complimentary of Internal Audit and its interaction with audit clients throughout the University. This level of satisfaction was reflected in the audit committee and audit client surveys that were reviewed. The entire report can be requested from the Director of Internal Audit at (817) 272-2018. Note the department is planning for their next Quality Assurance Review around April/May 2012.

Fisc

al Y

ear

2011

A

nnua

l Aud

it R

epor

t    

III.

Lis

t of A

udits

Com

plet

ed

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Obs

erva

tions

/ Res

ults

&

Rec

omm

enda

tions

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

Im

plem

ente

d,

Inco

mpl

ete/

Ong

oing

, or

Not

Impl

emen

ted)

with

br

ief d

escr

iptio

n if

not y

et

impl

emen

ted.

1

Fisc

al Im

pact

/Oth

er

Impa

ct

10-0

1

9/6/

2010

IT G

over

nanc

e

To a

sses

s whe

ther

the

IT

gove

rnan

ce fr

amew

ork

sust

ains

and

supp

orts

the

Uni

vers

ity’s

stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

1A. T

he IT

Gov

erna

nce

Com

mitt

ee sh

ould

upd

ate

its

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an a

nd ti

mel

ines

an

d en

sure

that

the

proc

esse

s are

es

tabl

ishe

d.

1B. T

he IT

Gov

erna

nce

Com

mitt

ee

shou

ld id

entif

y an

d no

tify

all

mem

bers

of t

he a

dvis

ory

com

mitt

ees o

f the

ir ro

les a

nd

resp

onsi

bilit

ies.

1C

. To

fulfi

ll th

eir r

espo

nsib

ilitie

s in

the

IT g

over

nanc

e pr

oces

s, al

l co

mm

ittee

s sho

uld

mee

t reg

ular

ly

and

prov

ide

stat

us u

pdat

es to

the

Exec

utiv

e an

d IT

Gov

erna

nce

com

mitt

ees.

2)

The

OIT

man

agem

ent s

houl

d ad

dres

s the

five

are

as c

ited

and

set

targ

et im

plem

enta

tion

date

s for

co

mpl

etio

n --

(ite

ms a

. thr

ough

e.

abov

e).

2A. A

repo

rting

mec

hani

sm is

not

in

pla

ce to

upd

ate

Exec

utiv

e

Full

Impl

emen

ted

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Lack

of i

mpl

emen

ted

IT G

over

nanc

e St

ruct

ure

5  

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

O

bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Impl

emen

ted,

Fi

scal

Impa

ct/O

ther

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

N

ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

IT

Gov

erna

nce

(Con

tinue

d)

man

agem

ent o

n th

e st

atus

of I

T go

vern

ance

. A re

porti

ng

mec

hani

sm p

rovi

des a

war

enes

s of

the

valu

e of

IT g

over

nanc

e in

te

rms o

f mee

ting

the

Uni

vers

ity's

stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

. OIT

pla

ns to

pr

ovid

e se

nior

man

agem

ent a

st

atus

upd

ate

of th

e IT

gov

erna

nce

impl

emen

tatio

n pr

ogre

ss o

n an

an

nual

bas

is. F

urth

erm

ore,

OIT

pl

ans t

o pr

ovid

e up

date

s on

IT

gove

rnan

ce o

n its

web

site

. 2B

. An

IT g

over

nanc

e pr

oces

s is

not i

n pl

ace

to p

rom

ote

a co

llabo

rativ

e bu

sine

ss a

nd IT

pa

rtner

ship

for s

trate

gy

deve

lopm

ent a

nd sh

ared

focu

s on

high

-val

ue IT

-ena

bled

inve

stm

ents

. O

IT p

lans

to p

rovi

de a

foru

m fo

r in

put a

nd h

ave

web

tran

spar

ency

to

keep

the

cam

pus i

nfor

med

. 2C

. A p

roce

ss is

not

in p

lace

that

pr

ovid

es v

isib

ility

and

tra

nspa

renc

y of

pro

ject

por

tfolio

m

anag

emen

t. In

the

futu

re, O

IT

plan

s to

publ

ish

IT p

roje

ct

portf

olio

info

rmat

ion

on it

s web

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

6

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

O

bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Impl

emen

ted,

Fi

scal

Impa

ct/O

ther

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

N

ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

IT G

over

nanc

e (C

ontin

ued)

site

. 2D

. A st

ruct

ure

is n

ot in

pla

ce to

ob

ject

ivel

y ev

alua

te w

hich

pro

ject

s pr

ovid

e th

e gr

eate

st v

alue

to sa

tisfy

U

nive

rsity

nee

ds. O

IT p

lans

to

star

t with

a m

ore

subj

ectiv

e pr

ojec

t ev

alua

tion

met

hodo

logy

bas

ed o

n sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

cam

pus s

trate

gic

goal

s, im

pact

on

the

cam

pus,

and

valu

e ad

ded,

con

side

ring

the

size

of

the

cust

omer

bas

e.

2E. A

per

form

ance

mea

sure

men

t ha

s not

bee

n es

tabl

ishe

d to

:

i. tra

ck th

e ac

hiev

emen

t of

the

obje

ctiv

es o

f IT-

rela

ted

serv

ices

and

solu

tions

;

ii. im

plem

ent b

usin

ess-

orie

nted

IT sc

orec

ards

, as

sess

men

t and

ass

uran

ce

activ

ities

with

focu

s on

cont

inua

l per

form

ance

im

prov

emen

t;

iii. m

onito

r if t

he re

quire

d st

rate

gic

dire

ctio

n is

bei

ng

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

7

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

O

bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Impl

emen

ted,

Fi

scal

Impa

ct/O

ther

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

N

ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

IT G

over

nanc

e (C

ontin

ued)

follo

wed

and

take

tim

ely

corr

ectiv

e m

easu

res,

if ne

eded

; iv

. cal

cula

te a

nd tr

ack

reso

urce

usa

ge.

3.

The

OIT

man

agem

ent s

houl

d co

ordi

nate

with

Uni

vers

ity

Com

plia

nce

Serv

ices

to a

sses

s w

hich

dep

artm

enta

l IT-

rela

ted

risks

may

neg

ativ

ely

impa

ct th

e U

nive

rsity

's op

erat

ions

. The

OIT

m

anag

emen

t sho

uld

wor

k w

ith th

e va

rious

dep

artm

ents

to a

ddre

ss

thes

e IT

-rel

ated

risk

s.

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

10-0

8 9/

7/20

10

NC

AA

Stu

dent

Fi

nanc

ial A

id

Com

plia

nce

To e

nsur

e th

at th

e A

thle

tics

Dep

artm

ent i

s in

com

plia

nce

with

the

2009

-201

0 N

CA

A

Div

isio

n1 M

anua

l, B

ylaw

15,

pe

rtain

ing

to S

tude

nt F

inan

cial

A

id

Whe

n th

e st

anda

rd c

ost o

f at

tend

ance

figu

re is

adj

uste

d fo

r a

stud

ent a

thle

te, w

e re

com

men

d th

at

both

the

Ath

letic

Off

ice

and

the

Fina

ncia

l Aid

Off

ice

mai

ntai

n su

ffic

ient

doc

umen

tatio

n to

ev

iden

ce th

e ci

rcum

stan

ces a

nd th

e m

etho

dolo

gy u

sed

to m

ake

the

adju

stm

ent.

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Failu

re to

adh

ere

to

NC

AA

scho

lars

hip

limita

tions

per

spor

t an

d pe

r ind

ivid

ual

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ilure

to

appr

opria

tely

pro

cess

G

rant

-in-A

id

docu

men

ts

Failu

re to

dis

tribu

te

stud

ent-a

thle

te

scho

lars

hips

in a

8

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scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

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ort

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epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

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ngag

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t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

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rent

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tus (

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plem

ente

d,

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tant

ially

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bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

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men

datio

ns

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emen

ted,

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scal

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ct/O

ther

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com

plet

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ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

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ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

NC

AA

Stu

dent

Fi

nanc

ial A

id

Com

plia

nce

(Con

tinue

d)

timel

y m

anne

r Fa

ilure

to h

ave

inst

itutio

nal o

vers

ight

by

the

Fina

ncia

l Aid

O

ffic

e an

d A

thle

tic

Com

plia

nce

Com

mitt

ee

Failu

re to

mon

itor

non-

athl

etic

rela

ted

aid

(TPE

G, r

otar

y cl

ub

scho

lars

hips

, etc

.) Lo

ss o

f sch

olar

ship

s du

e to

failu

re to

reta

in

and

grad

uate

stud

ent-

athl

etes

10-1

3 11

/30/

2010

FY

201

0 A

nnua

l Fi

nanc

ial R

evie

w

(AFR

)

Ann

ual F

inan

cial

Rep

orts

(A

FRs)

and

rela

ted

foot

note

in

form

atio

n ar

e pr

epar

ed b

y th

e fin

anci

al re

porti

ng o

ffic

ers

at e

ach

UT

inst

itutio

n an

d U

T Sy

stem

Adm

inis

tratio

n in

ac

cord

ance

with

acc

ount

ing

1.W

e re

com

men

d th

at A

ccou

ntin

g Se

rvic

es re

cord

in D

EFIN

E al

l no

n-ca

sh d

onat

ions

as s

oon

as th

ey

are

valu

ed ra

ther

than

wai

ting

until

ye

ar e

nd.

Add

ition

ally

, not

atio

ns

shou

ld b

e m

ade

on th

e re

conc

iliat

ion

indi

catin

g th

e

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Red

uce

the

risk

of

finan

cial

mis

stat

emen

t th

roug

h im

prov

ed

cont

rols

.

9

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

O

bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Impl

emen

ted,

Fi

scal

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ct/O

ther

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

N

ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

FY 2

010

Ann

ual

Fina

ncia

l Rev

iew

(A

FR) (

Con

tinue

d)

and

finan

cial

repo

rting

re

quire

men

ts p

rom

ulga

ted

by

UT

Syst

em p

olic

y an

d th

e Te

xas C

ompt

rolle

r of P

ublic

A

ccou

nts t

o be

incl

uded

in th

e U

T Sy

stem

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solid

ated

A

FR. T

he A

FRs f

or th

e U

T in

stitu

tions

and

UT

Syst

em

Adm

inis

tratio

n do

not

incl

ude

foot

note

s, w

hich

wou

ld b

e ne

cess

ary

for t

he A

FRs t

o be

in

acc

orda

nce

with

gen

eral

ly

acce

pted

acc

ount

ing

prin

cipl

es. I

n ad

ditio

n, c

erta

in

supp

ortin

g do

cum

ents

and

ac

coun

ting

info

rmat

ion

whi

ch

wer

e us

ed to

pre

pare

the

UT

inst

itutio

ns’ A

FRs a

re n

ot

avai

labl

e at

the

UT

inst

itutio

ns, b

ut a

re m

aint

aine

d at

UT

Syst

em A

dmin

istra

tion.

Th

e C

ontro

ller’

s Off

ice

of U

T Sy

stem

Adm

inis

tratio

n co

nsol

idat

es A

FRs f

rom

all

UT

inst

itutio

ns a

nd U

T Sy

stem

Adm

inis

tratio

n an

d pr

epar

es a

ppro

pria

te fo

otno

tes

and

othe

r rel

ated

dis

clos

ures

so

that

the

UT

Syst

em

disp

ositi

on o

f any

reco

ncili

ng

item

s to

ensu

re th

at a

ll re

conc

iling

ite

ms a

re p

rope

rly c

lear

ed.

2. A

ccou

ntin

g Se

rvic

es sh

ould

w

ork

with

the

Tech

nolo

gy T

rans

fer

Off

ice

with

in R

esea

rch

Adm

inis

tratio

n to

des

ign

a pr

oces

s to

kee

p A

ccou

ntin

g Se

rvic

es

info

rmed

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar, i

n th

e ev

ent t

hat t

here

may

be

mat

eria

l int

angi

ble

asse

ts to

be

reco

gniz

ed.

3A. T

he A

dmis

sion

s man

agem

ent

shou

ld re

ques

t the

Off

ice

of

Info

rmat

ion

Tech

nolo

gy (O

IT) M

y M

av A

cces

s Con

trol t

o im

med

iate

ly re

mov

e ac

cess

from

th

e 10

liste

d us

ers.

3B. T

he A

dmis

sion

s man

agem

ent

shou

ld c

ondu

ct a

per

iodi

c re

view

of

the

acce

ss ri

ghts

to c

ritic

al

stud

ent i

nfor

mat

ion

such

as t

he

resi

denc

y fie

ld.

4. W

e re

com

men

d th

at th

e O

ffic

e of

Info

rmat

ion

Tech

nolo

gy (O

IT)

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Subs

tant

ially

Impl

emen

ted

10

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

O

bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Impl

emen

ted,

Fi

scal

Impa

ct/O

ther

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

N

ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

FY 2

010

Ann

ual

Fina

ncia

l Rev

iew

(A

FR) (

Con

tinue

d)

Con

solid

ated

AFR

is p

repa

red

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith g

ener

ally

ac

cept

ed a

ccou

ntin

g pr

inci

ples

. The

info

rmat

ion

incl

uded

in th

e in

stitu

tion’

s A

FR a

nd re

late

d fo

otno

te

info

rmat

ion,

whi

ch is

av

aila

ble

at th

e in

stitu

tion,

is

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

UT

Arli

ngto

n’s m

anag

emen

t.

wor

k w

ith A

sset

Man

agem

ent t

o ex

plor

e ot

her o

ptio

ns o

f atta

chin

g th

e in

vent

ory

tags

to e

quip

men

t su

ch a

s ser

vers

, whe

re th

ere

is a

m

inim

um v

isib

le a

rea

to a

ttach

the

inve

ntor

y ta

gs, 1

0 su

ch th

at th

e ta

gs a

re v

isib

le o

r ver

ifiab

le

with

out m

ajor

dis

rupt

ion

to th

e eq

uipm

ents

' fun

ctio

ns.

Sect

ion

III

of U

T A

rling

ton'

s Pro

cedu

res 2

-43:

R

espo

nsib

ilitie

s, In

vent

orie

s, R

epor

ting

and

Trac

king

of

Uni

vers

ity P

rope

rty, s

tate

s tha

t if

an it

em c

anno

t be

tagg

ed d

ue to

the

natu

re (s

ize,

use

, mat

eria

l, et

c.) o

f th

e ite

m, t

he in

vent

ory

tag

will

be

affix

ed to

a 5

x7 c

ard

and

the

card

w

ill b

e re

tain

ed in

the

depa

rtmen

t’s

inve

ntor

y fil

e fo

r ver

ifica

tion.

The

m

anag

emen

t cou

ld u

se th

is

met

hodo

logy

to tr

ack

the

asse

ts

iden

tifie

d in

this

aud

it an

d al

so

othe

r sim

ilar a

sset

s. 5.

Hum

an R

esou

rces

shou

ld is

sue

a re

min

der t

o al

l dep

artm

ents

abo

ut

the

impo

rtanc

e of

com

plet

ing

and

reta

inin

g th

e m

onth

ly a

bsen

ce

repo

rt to

pro

perly

and

acc

urat

ely

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

11

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

O

bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Impl

emen

ted,

Fi

scal

Impa

ct/O

ther

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

N

ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

FY 2

010

Ann

ual

Fina

ncia

l Rev

iew

(A

FR) (

Con

tinue

d)

acco

unt f

or le

ave

take

n by

em

ploy

ees.

11-0

3 11

/30/

2010

Pr

esid

entia

l Hou

sing

, Tr

avel

and

En

terta

inm

ent

Expe

nditu

res A

udit

To p

rovi

de a

ssur

ance

that

the

Fisc

al Y

ear 2

009

trave

l and

en

terta

inm

ent e

xpen

ses f

or th

e Pr

esid

ent c

ompl

y w

ith th

e U

T A

rling

ton-

esta

blis

hed

pol

icie

s an

d pr

oced

ures

for t

rave

l, en

terta

inm

ent a

nd h

ousi

ng

expe

nditu

re re

imbu

rsem

ents

to

empl

oyee

s tha

t inc

lude

Sta

te,

Fede

ral,

and

Boa

rd o

f R

egen

ts’ R

ules

and

R

egul

atio

ns.

[No

findi

ngs w

ere

note

d in

this

au

dit.]

-

Red

uce

the

risk

of

non-

com

plia

nce

with

U

T A

rling

ton

polic

ies

and

proc

edur

es.

11-0

4 3/

21/2

011

Info

rmat

ion

Secu

rity

Prog

ram

Inde

x (I

SPI)

Obj

ectiv

e is

to d

eter

min

e if

the

ISPI

ass

essm

ent a

ccur

atel

y re

flect

s the

Uni

vers

ity’s

st

reng

ths i

n th

e ar

eas o

f fo

unda

tion,

pra

ctic

es a

nd

com

plia

nce

with

rega

rd to

in

form

atio

n se

curit

y.

1. T

he IS

O sh

ould

wor

k w

ith

appr

opria

te m

anag

emen

t to

acco

unt f

or a

ll in

form

atio

n re

sour

ce o

wne

rs. T

he li

st o

f ow

ners

shou

ld b

e do

cum

ente

d an

d m

aint

aine

d.

2. T

he IS

O sh

ould

dev

elop

a

met

hod

to m

onito

r and

mea

sure

the

exte

nt to

whi

ch o

wne

r re

spon

sibi

litie

s and

dut

ies a

re

bein

g pe

rfor

med

.

Inco

mpl

ete/

Ong

oing

(bei

ng

follo

wed

-up

on F

Y 2

012)

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng (b

eing

fo

llow

ed-u

p on

FY

201

2)

Ris

k of

secu

rity

brea

ches

to

inst

itutio

n’s n

etw

ork

and

data

12

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

O

bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Impl

emen

ted,

Fi

scal

Impa

ct/O

ther

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

N

ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

Info

rmat

ion

Secu

rity

Prog

ram

Inde

x (I

SPI)

(C

ontin

ued)

3.Th

e IS

O sh

ould

revi

ew th

e IS

PI

scor

e ca

lcul

atio

n an

d sh

ould

di

scus

s and

agr

ee w

ith th

e U

T Sy

stem

Chi

ef In

form

atio

n Se

curit

y O

ffic

er if

ther

e ar

e di

ffer

ence

s in

the

calc

ulat

ion.

4.

The

ISO

shou

ld d

evel

op a

ve

rifia

ble

basi

s for

det

erm

inin

g th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of U

nive

rsity

-ow

ned

com

pute

rs.

5. T

he IS

O sh

ould

wor

k w

ith O

IT

to e

nsur

e th

at th

e vC

ente

r co

nfig

urat

ion

man

agem

ent c

lient

is

inst

alle

d an

d ru

nnin

g on

all

Uni

vers

ity c

ompu

ters

. 6.

The

vul

nera

bilit

ies d

etec

ted

from

the

vario

us sc

ans s

houl

d be

ra

ted

in te

rms o

f sec

urity

risk

s and

po

tent

ial i

mpa

ct to

the

Uni

vers

ity.

The

secu

rity

inci

dent

tick

etin

g pr

oces

s sho

uld

docu

men

t the

risk

ra

ting

of e

ach

iden

tifie

d vu

lner

abili

ty. T

he p

riorit

izat

ion

of

rem

edia

tion

shou

ld b

e ba

sed

on th

e ris

k ra

ting.

The

ISO

shou

ld o

btai

n O

IT’s

agr

eem

ent t

o be

Inco

mpl

ete/

Ong

oing

(bei

ng

follo

wed

-up

on F

Y 2

012)

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng (b

eing

fo

llow

ed-u

p on

FY

201

2)

Inco

mpl

ete/

Ong

oing

(bei

ng

follo

wed

-up

on F

Y 2

012)

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng (b

eing

fo

llow

ed-u

p on

FY

201

2)

13

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

O

bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Impl

emen

ted,

Fi

scal

Impa

ct/O

ther

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

N

ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

Info

rmat

ion

Secu

rity

Pr

ogra

m In

dex

(ISP

I)

(Con

tinue

d)

imm

edia

tely

invo

lved

in th

e re

med

iatio

n pr

oces

s for

vu

lner

abili

ties w

ith h

igh

and

med

ium

risk

ratin

gs.

7. F

or re

med

iatio

n of

ope

n se

curit

y in

cide

nts t

hat h

ave

budg

et im

pact

or

shor

tage

, the

ISO

shou

ld p

rese

nt

the

mat

ter t

o th

e IT

Sec

urity

Ex

ecut

ive

Wor

king

Gro

up fo

r pr

oper

dis

posi

tion.

8.

The

ISO

shou

ld e

xped

ite th

e hi

ring

of a

staf

f mem

ber w

hose

po

sitio

n is

ded

icat

ed to

man

agin

g in

cide

nt ti

cket

ing

and

mon

itorin

g.

9. A

s req

uire

d by

UT

Syst

em, t

he

ISO

nee

ds to

incl

ude

in th

e A

nnua

l R

epor

t to

the

Pres

iden

t ess

entia

l el

emen

ts su

ch a

s an

exec

utiv

e su

mm

ary

and

the

com

plia

nce

stat

us to

regu

latio

ns a

nd U

T Sy

stem

pol

icie

s. In

add

ition

, per

IS

PI m

etric

scor

e of

9, t

he A

nnua

l R

epor

t sho

uld

also

incl

ude

com

preh

ensi

ve m

onito

ring

plan

s fo

r log

ical

acc

ess a

nd p

hysi

cal

cont

rols

.

Inco

mpl

ete/

Ong

oing

(bei

ng

follo

wed

-up

on F

Y 2

012)

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng (b

eing

fo

llow

ed-u

p on

FY

201

2)

Inco

mpl

ete/

Ong

oing

(bei

ng

follo

wed

-up

on F

Y 2

012)

14

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

O

bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Impl

emen

ted,

Fi

scal

Impa

ct/O

ther

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

N

ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

Info

rmat

ion

Secu

rity

Prog

ram

Inde

x (I

SPI)

(C

ontin

ued)

10.T

he IS

O sh

ould

agr

ee w

ith th

e U

T Sy

stem

Chi

ef In

form

atio

n Se

curit

y O

ffic

er to

con

side

r di

sreg

ardi

ng in

the

aver

age

scor

e co

mpu

tatio

ns, t

he P

CI s

tand

ards

th

at a

re n

ot a

pplic

able

to e

ither

C

entra

lized

or D

ecen

traliz

ed IT

. 11

. To

com

ply

with

TA

C 2

02.7

1,

Man

agem

ent a

nd S

taff

R

espo

nsib

ility

-- it

ems “

a” a

nd

“b”,

the

ISO

shou

ld w

ork

with

the

Exec

utiv

e M

anag

emen

t to

ensu

re

that

info

rmat

ion

reso

urce

ow

ners

ar

e fo

rmal

ly id

entif

ied

and

appr

oved

by

the

Pres

iden

t or h

is

desi

gnee

; and

that

info

rmat

ion

reso

urce

ow

ners

are

form

ally

ch

arge

d to

per

form

the

resp

onsi

bilit

ies s

tate

d in

bot

h TA

C

202.

71 a

nd in

UTS

165

, UT

Syst

em In

form

atio

n R

esou

rces

Use

an

d Se

curit

y Po

licy,

whi

ch is

su

mm

ariz

ed a

s fol

low

s:

• G

rant

s/ap

prov

es a

cces

s to

the

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

em u

nder

hi

s/he

r res

pons

ibili

ty

Inco

mpl

ete/

Ong

oing

(bei

ng

follo

wed

-up

on F

Y 2

012)

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng (b

eing

fo

llow

ed-u

p on

FY

201

2)

15

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

O

bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Impl

emen

ted,

Fi

scal

Impa

ct/O

ther

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

N

ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

Info

rmat

ion

Secu

rity

Prog

ram

Inde

x (I

SPI)

(C

ontin

ued)

• Cla

ssifi

es D

igita

l Dat

a ba

sed

on D

ata

sens

itivi

ty a

nd ri

sk

• Bac

ks u

p D

ata

unde

r his

/her

re

spon

sibi

lity

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith ri

sk m

anag

emen

t de

cisi

ons a

nd se

cure

s bac

k-up

m

edia

• D

esig

nate

s an

indi

vidu

al to

se

rve

as a

n In

form

atio

n Se

curit

y A

dmin

istra

tor (

ISA

) to

impl

emen

t inf

orm

atio

n se

curit

y po

licie

s and

pr

oced

ures

and

for r

epor

ting

inci

dent

s to

the

ISO

• P

erfo

rms a

n an

nual

in

form

atio

n se

curit

y ris

k as

sess

men

t and

iden

tifie

s, re

com

men

ds, a

nd d

ocum

ents

ac

cept

able

risk

leve

ls fo

r in

form

atio

n re

sour

ces u

nder

hi

s/he

r aut

horit

y 12

. The

ISO

sh

ould

dev

elop

a d

efin

itive

pl

an a

nd ti

me

fram

e to

es

tabl

ish

a pr

oces

s tha

t an

alyz

es th

e co

nfig

urat

ion

data

be

ing

colle

cted

by

the

conf

igur

atio

n m

anag

emen

t

16

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

O

bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Impl

emen

ted,

Fi

scal

Impa

ct/O

ther

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

N

ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

Info

rmat

ion

Secu

rity

Prog

ram

Inde

x (I

SPI)

(C

ontin

ued)

clie

nt a

nd d

eter

min

e if

Uni

vers

ity c

ompu

ters

are

co

mpl

ying

with

the

inst

itutio

n’s s

ecur

ity st

anda

rds.

11-0

5 4/

15/2

011

Endo

wm

ent

Stew

ards

hip

Endo

wm

ent

Stew

ards

hip

To d

eter

min

e w

heth

er th

e U

nive

rsity

is in

com

plia

nce

with

the

UT

Syst

em p

olic

y U

TS 1

17 –

End

owm

ent

Com

plia

nce

Plan

Sys

tem

-Wid

e St

anda

rds a

nd G

uide

lines

, w

ith sp

ecia

l em

phas

is o

n no

n-sc

hola

rshi

p en

dow

men

t sp

endi

ng. A

lso

revi

ew

endo

wm

ents

with

no

activ

ity.

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Off

ice

of

Dev

elop

men

t and

the

endo

wm

ent

acco

unt a

dmin

istra

tors

for

the

unfil

led

endo

wed

aca

dem

ic

posi

tions

wor

k to

geth

er to

dev

elop

an

act

ion

plan

and

set d

eadl

ines

for

the

acco

mpl

ishm

ent o

f the

en

dow

men

t pur

pose

s. C

onsi

dera

tion

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

to w

heth

er a

n ex

istin

g fa

culty

m

embe

r cou

ld b

e se

lect

ed a

s the

ho

lder

of t

hese

end

owm

ents

and

ro

utin

ely

eval

uate

d fo

r whe

ther

he

or sh

e ca

n co

ntin

ue a

s the

hol

der o

f th

ese

endo

wed

pos

ition

s.

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Inef

ficie

nt st

ewar

dshi

p pl

an a

nd in

abili

ty to

re

tain

don

ors

11-0

9 6/

15/2

011

Inst

itutio

nal

Com

plia

nce

Prog

ram

A

udit

1.

The

Com

plia

nce

Off

icer

shou

ld

ensu

re th

e co

mpl

ianc

e pr

ogra

m h

as

a de

taile

d w

ork

plan

with

bud

gete

d ho

urs,

and

that

the

stat

us o

f the

pl

an is

shar

ed w

ith th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Com

plia

nce

Com

mitt

ee to

ass

ist

them

in th

eir o

vers

ight

role

. 2. T

he C

ompl

ianc

e O

ffic

e sh

ould

co

nsid

er m

akin

g th

e co

mpl

ianc

e

Inco

mpl

ete/

Ong

oing

(bei

ng

follo

wed

-up

on F

Y 2

012)

N

/A –

as c

lient

dee

med

not

to

impl

emen

t

17

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

O

bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Impl

emen

ted,

Fi

scal

Impa

ct/O

ther

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

N

ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

Inst

itutio

nal

Com

plia

nce

Prog

ram

A

udit

(Con

tinue

d)

risk

info

rmat

ion,

such

as t

he h

igh-

risk

area

s/fu

nctio

ns, a

vaila

ble

for

exec

utiv

es, d

eans

and

cha

irs th

at

do n

ot se

rve

on th

e co

mm

ittee

. It

coul

d be

ben

efic

ial t

o in

clud

e a

rota

ting

mem

ber o

n th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Com

plia

nce

Com

mitt

ee, e

spec

ially

fr

om th

e ac

adem

ic a

rea.

3. W

e re

com

men

d th

at th

e C

ompl

ianc

e O

ffic

e en

sure

that

cr

imin

al b

ackg

roun

d ch

ecks

are

be

ing

perf

orm

ed b

y m

onito

ring

this

pro

cess

. It c

ould

be

done

eith

er

by th

e C

ompl

ianc

e O

ffic

e pe

riodi

cally

test

ing

whe

ther

new

em

ploy

ees h

ad c

rimin

al

back

grou

nd c

heck

s or b

y ha

ving

H

uman

Res

ourc

es d

evel

op a

m

onito

ring

plan

with

the

resu

lts o

f th

e m

onito

ring

bein

g re

view

ed

quar

terly

. 4. W

e re

com

men

d th

at P

roce

dure

3-

48: C

rim

inal

Bac

kgro

und

Che

cks f

or S

ecur

ity-S

ensi

tive

Posi

tions

be

revi

sed

to st

ate

the

actu

al p

roce

dure

s whi

ch a

re th

at

crim

inal

bac

kgro

und

chec

ks sh

ould

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Fu

lly Im

plem

ente

d

18

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

O

bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Impl

emen

ted,

Fi

scal

Impa

ct/O

ther

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

N

ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

Inst

itutio

nal

Com

plia

nce

Prog

ram

A

udit

(Con

tinue

d)

be o

btai

ned

on a

ll po

sitio

ns ra

ther

th

an ju

st fo

r sec

urity

-sen

sitiv

e po

sitio

ns.

5. W

e re

com

men

d th

at th

e co

mpl

ianc

e tra

inin

g m

ater

ial

incl

ude

a po

st-te

st fe

atur

e in

the

train

ing

to e

valu

ate

whe

ther

the

empl

oyee

und

erst

ands

the

train

ing

mat

eria

l and

to p

rovi

de a

mea

ns fo

r em

ploy

ees t

o ev

alua

te th

e tra

inin

g. 6.

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Com

plia

nce

Off

ice

cond

uct a

pe

riodi

c re

view

of t

he c

ompl

ianc

e pr

ogra

m’s

eff

ectiv

enes

s and

id

entif

y op

portu

nitie

s to

impr

ove

the

prog

ram

, thr

ough

surv

eys a

nd

othe

r act

iviti

es.

Inco

mpl

ete/

Ong

oing

(bei

ng

follo

wed

-up

on F

Y 2

012)

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng (b

eing

fo

llow

ed-u

p on

FY

201

2)

Inco

mpl

ete/

Ong

oing

(bei

ng

follo

wed

-up

on F

Y 2

012)

11-0

2 7/

1/20

11

Nor

man

Hac

kerm

an

Adv

ance

d R

esea

rch

Prog

ram

Aud

it (N

HA

RP)

– fo

rmer

ly

the

Adv

ance

d Te

chno

logy

Pr

ogra

m/A

dvan

ced

Res

earc

h Pr

ogra

m

(ATP

/AR

P)

The

obje

ctiv

e w

as to

pro

vide

re

ason

able

ass

uran

ce th

at th

e U

nive

rsity

is c

ompl

ying

with

th

e pr

oced

ures

spec

ified

by

the

Texa

s Hig

her E

duca

tion

Coo

rdin

atin

g B

oard

(TH

ECB

) pe

rtain

ing

to th

e N

HA

RP

gran

ts a

nd th

e gr

ant

cond

ition

s.

1. T

he O

ffic

e of

Gra

nt a

nd

Con

tract

Ser

vice

s sho

uld

deve

lop

a pr

oces

s to

ensu

re th

at a

ll gr

ant-

rela

ted

fore

ign

trave

l is r

evie

wed

ag

ains

t the

gra

nt p

ropo

sal t

o en

sure

th

at it

is a

n al

low

able

exp

ense

and

ap

prov

ed b

efor

e th

e tra

vel i

s m

ade.

2.

The

Off

ice

of G

rant

and

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

19

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

O

bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Impl

emen

ted,

Fi

scal

Impa

ct/O

ther

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

N

ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

NH

AR

P (C

ontin

ued)

Con

tract

Ser

vice

s and

Gra

nt

Acc

ount

ing

are

resp

onsib

le fo

r m

onito

ring

the

gran

ts a

nd th

e ex

pend

iture

s on

the

gran

ts.

In

orde

r to

impr

ove

cont

rols

ove

r bu

dget

tran

sfer

s, w

e re

com

men

d th

at a

pol

icy/

proc

edur

e be

de

velo

ped

to e

nsur

e th

at th

e bu

dget

tra

nsfe

r req

uest

s are

cha

nnel

ed

thro

ugh

OG

CS

for p

rope

r app

rova

l be

fore

the

trans

fers

are

mad

e.

Als

o, it

shou

ld b

e co

mm

unic

ated

to

the

depa

rtmen

ts a

nd th

e Pr

inci

pal I

nves

tigat

ors (

PIs)

hav

ing

NH

AR

P gr

ants

to m

ake

writ

ten

requ

ests

(suc

h as

em

ails

, mem

o,

etc.

) to

OG

CS

for b

udge

t tra

nsfe

rs.

11-1

0 7/

22/2

011

Trav

el P

olic

y C

ompl

ianc

e an

d Sp

endi

ng R

evie

w

The

obje

ctiv

e w

as to

de

term

ine

com

plia

nce

with

U

T A

rling

ton’

s tra

vel p

olic

ies

and

iden

tify

any

abno

rmal

sp

endi

ng p

atte

rns.

1. T

rave

l Sup

port

Serv

ices

shou

ld

esca

late

non

-com

plia

nce

with

Pr

oced

ure

2-90

, Com

plet

ing

Requ

ired

Doc

umen

tatio

n fo

r Tr

avel

Rei

mbu

rsem

ents

, Sec

tion

II,

Tim

ing,

to th

e de

partm

ent h

eads

fo

r em

ploy

ees w

ho fa

iled

to su

bmit

trave

l vou

cher

s and

supp

ortin

g do

cum

ents

with

in 6

0 da

ys fr

om th

e da

te o

f tra

vel.

Tra

vel S

uppo

rt Se

rvic

es sh

ould

als

o se

nd

rem

inde

rs to

the

cam

pus

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Inac

cura

te a

mou

nts o

f re

imbu

rsem

ents

, m

isap

prop

riatio

ns o

f fu

nds,

fals

ifica

tion

of

docu

men

tatio

n eq

uatin

g th

eft o

f U

nive

rsity

mon

ey

20

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

   

Rep

ort

No.

R

epor

t Dat

e N

ame

of R

epor

t H

igh-

Lev

el C

onsu

lting

E

ngag

emen

t/Non

-Aud

it Se

rvic

e O

bjec

tive(

s)

Cur

rent

Sta

tus (

Fully

Im

plem

ente

d,

Subs

tant

ially

O

bser

vatio

ns/ R

esul

ts &

R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Impl

emen

ted,

Fi

scal

Impa

ct/O

ther

In

com

plet

e/O

ngoi

ng, o

r Im

pact

N

ot Im

plem

ente

d) w

ith

brie

f des

crip

tion

if no

t yet

im

plem

ente

d. 1

Trav

el P

olic

y C

ompl

ianc

e an

d Sp

endi

ng R

evie

w

(Con

tinue

d)

com

mun

ity p

erio

dica

lly re

min

ding

em

ploy

ees t

o pr

epar

e m

ileag

e ca

lcul

atio

ns u

sing

eith

er th

e em

ploy

ee's

odom

eter

read

ing

or b

y us

ing

Map

Que

st, w

hich

is th

e on

ly

map

ping

serv

ice

acce

pted

by

the

Uni

vers

ity.

2. W

e re

com

men

d th

at th

e O

ffic

e of

Acc

ount

ing

and

Bus

ines

s Se

rvic

es (O

AB

S) d

evel

op

Uni

vers

ity p

roce

dure

s to

spec

ifica

lly a

ddre

ss th

e A

thle

tics

Dep

artm

ent h

andl

ing

of tr

avel

ca

rds s

uch

as fo

rmal

issu

ance

, us

age,

and

mon

itorin

g of

ath

letic

co

ache

s’ tr

avel

car

d pu

rcha

ses.

3.

Tra

vel S

uppo

rt Se

rvic

es sh

ould

es

cala

te n

on-c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith

Proc

edur

e 2-

80, R

eque

st fo

r Tra

vel

Auth

oriz

atio

n an

d O

btai

n Pe

rmis

sion

to T

rave

l, Se

ctio

n IV

.E,

Trav

el A

dvan

ces,

to th

e de

partm

ent

head

s for

em

ploy

ees w

ho fa

iled

to

depo

sit u

nuse

d fu

nds a

t the

B

ursa

r’s O

ffic

e af

ter t

he a

llow

ed

15 d

ays f

rom

the

last

day

of t

rave

l.

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

Fully

Impl

emen

ted

21

Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

11

Ann

ual A

udit

Rep

ort f

or S

tate

Aud

itor’

s Off

ice

  22

 __

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

1 Def

initi

ons o

f im

plem

enta

tion

stat

us a

re a

s fol

low

s:

• Fu

lly Im

plem

ente

d: S

ucce

ssfu

l dev

elop

men

t and

use

of a

pro

cess

, sys

tem

, or p

olic

y to

impl

emen

t a p

rior r

ecom

men

datio

n •

Subs

tant

ially

Impl

emen

ted:

Suc

cess

ful d

evel

opm

ent b

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V. Organizational Chart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VI. Report on Other Internal Audit Activities 

Activity Impact Participated with the University Institutional Compliance Office in Enterprise Risk Management Reviews

This participation provides a service to the University by facilitating the review and identification of the University’s high risks.

Participated in numerous Web-based seminars/trainings.

These trainings provide information on current trends and important topics useful to the audit team.

Assistant Director on steering committee for the University’s transition to PeopleSoft – a UT System shared ERP application system

Steering committee assists with general analysis during design, testing, and implementation phases, helps establish and oversee transition processes and standards, and provides leadership to enhance and support the UT System shared applications transition.

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VII. Internal Audit Plan for Fiscal Year 2012

The following Audit Plan Table identifies 2011 audit projects for various audit categories and indicates planned audit hours. Please note that the detailed schedules, risk assessments and analysis for preparation of the work plan are not included. A complete copy of the Work Plan schedules may be requested from the Director of Internal Audit at (817) 272-2018.

AUDIT BUDGETED HOURS

FINANCIAL AUDITS FY 2011 Financial Statement Audit (AFR) 400.00 FY 2012 Financial Statement Audit (Interim) 100.00 Presidential Housing, Travel & Entertainment Expenses Audit 100.00

NCAA Financial Audit 150.00 Spot Audits of Petty Cash Funds 30.00

Financial Audits Subtotal 780.00 OPERATIONAL AUDITS Change in Management Audit of the Office of Information Technology 250.00 Audit of University-Owned Tablet Computers such as iPads 200.00 Telecommunications Operational Review/Physical Controls 250.00(C/F) Disability Services/Fire & Life Safety 100.00(C/F) Procurement Card Audit 75.00(C/F) Employee Check-Out Process 75.00Special Requests TBD 120.00Special Audits & Other Audit-Related Activities 150.00

Operational Audits Subtotal 1,220.00 COMPLIANCE AUDITS Dependent Eligibility Audit 300.00Statewide Single Audit (assistance to the SAO) 80.00NCAA Compliance Audit – Recruiting 220.00Nursing Shortage Reduction Program FY 2011 Awards 230.00UT Arlington Nursing Simulation Award Audit 250.00Research Compliance Review 100.00Special Requests TBD 120.00Special Audits & Other Audit-Related Activities 150.00

Compliance Audits Subtotal 1,450.00 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & CONSULTING TAC 202 Biennial Requirement (Phase I) 200.00TAC 202 Biennial Requirement (Phase II) 200.00 (C/F) TAC 202 Biennial Requirement (FY 2011) 50.00PeopleSoft Implementation 500.00Deloitte IT Security Consulting Follow-Up 50.00TeamMate Conversion and Procedures 200.00

Information Technology & Consulting Subtotal 1,200   

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FOLLOW-UP AUDITS Follow-Up Audits (IT Related) 150.00 Follow-Up Audits (Non IT Related) 150.00

Follow-Up Audits Subtotal 300.00PROJECTS Audit Projects UT System Requests 400.00FY 2013 Audit Work Plan Preparation 140.00Annual Internal Audit Report 40.00Other Projects Quality Assurance Review 250.00Committees (e.g. Internal Audit, Compliance and Other Committee Involvement) 250.00

Investigations 200.00Projects Subtotal 1,280.00

TOTAL AUDIT HOURS 6,230.00 VIII. External Audit Activities

• SAO A-133 Student Financial Aid • SAO Assistance for A-133, Research and Development audit • Deloitte &Touche LLP Conducting FY 2011 Annual Financial Statement audit

IX. Reporting Suspected Fraud and Abuse The University of Texas at Arlington has implemented requirements as mandated in Article IX, Section 17.05 and Article XII, Section 5 (c), the General Appropriations Act (81st Legislature) and Texas Government Code, Section 321.022. Actions Taken:

• The fraud reporting direct link to the state is maintained on the “Reports to State” (Resources Section bottom of page) link on the University’s home page www.uta.edu.

• UT Arlington policies have been updated to provide information on reporting fraud involving State Funds to the SAO.

• Policies and Procedures have been updated for the requirement that the Chief Administrative Officer shall report suspected fraud to the State Auditor’s Office.

• With respect to ARRA reporting, information is provided on our website at http://www.uta.edu/research/recovery/memo.html with a link to www.recovery.gov.