Release: Comptroller Henry Releases 2021 Audit Plan
Wednesday Mar 24th, 2021
Bill Henry
Comptroller,
Baltimore City
204 City Hall - Baltimore Maryland 21202
(410) 396-5410
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Baltimore, MD - At tonight's Biennial Audits Oversight Commission (BAOC) meeting the City Auditor, Josh Pasch, in coordination with Comptroller Bill Henry released the Department's 2021 Biennial Audit plan.
"We are moving away from checking the math in the budget books to focusing on how we can solve common problems," said Comptroller Henry. "Changing the way we perform audits is essential to improving service delivery for Baltimore City's residents."
The Biennial Audits Oversight Commission approved the plan by a vote in early January. It was discussed at tonight's oversight meeting for the 2020 Biennial Audits.
| Agency | Area of Audit | Audit Objective |
| Baltimore City Fire Department (BCFD) | Fire watch | To assess whether BCFD has adequate and effective policies and procedures to administer and operate the fire watch program; and whether those policies and procedures are in compliance with the National Fire Protection Association's requirements. |
| Department of General Services (DGS) | Building utilization rate / assets management | To evaluate whether the City has effective and efficient processes to identify, tracking, and monitoring the building assets management (building utilization rate). |
| Department of Public Work (DPW) | Water billing | To assess the efficiency and effectiveness of water billing process. |
| Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) | Vacant properties reporting | To evaluate whether the City has effective processes to identify and accurately report the City's vacant properties. |
| DOF | Paying vendors' bills 30 days | To evaluate whether the City has effective policies, procedures and processes to pay vendors within 30 days. |
| BCIT | Information Security | To evaluate whether the City has adequate policies and procedures to guide the City's Information Technology (IT) procurement processes to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of IT operations and costs. |
| Mayor's Office of Homeless Service (MOHS) | Homeless | To determine to an extent that MOHS is adequately managing and coordinating City's homeless shelters (buildings and structures) to meet City's goals and strategic plans. |
The above audits will be released as they come out towards the end of 2021. In addition to the Biennial Audits, the Department of Audits also performs the Single Audit, the CAFR, Board of Estimates pre-audit reports, and numerous other ad-hoc audit services.
Recordings of tonight's Biennial Audits Oversight Commission can also be found on Charm TV’s website and Youtube channel.