Item - 2019.AU4.12

The Audit Committee received this Item for information.

At its meeting of June 28, 2019, the Audit Committee directed staff to report back on a process to track and report the progress on management's implementation and target completion date of outstanding recommendations, with emphasis on those identified by the Auditor General as items of greatest concern. This report responds to this request for information and presents an overview of a proposed process.

Internal Audit will compile a database of all outstanding council approved recommendations issued to management by the Auditor General. This will include recommendations from audits, investigations, Fraud and Waste Hotline reports and those added by Audit Committee. On a quarterly bases Internal Audit will solicit updates from management and prepare a report to Audit Committee on management's assessed progress on the implementation of the recommendations. The report will provide detailed action taken on the implementation of recommendations of greatest concern.

It is expected that the first quarterly report will be tabled at the February 2020 Audit Committee meeting.