This audit determined the adequacy of the Department of Education's payment and contract management controls concerning the provision of food
distribution services.
An audit report was filed on December 5, 2011 on the Department of Park's and Recreation's controls over the awarding of concessions. It was determined that Parks needed to improve management of its concession solicitation and award process to ensure that: contracts are executed in a timely manner, concessions are enabled to continuously operate, viables bids and proposals are accepted, and solicitations are competitive. It was recommended that Parks tighten its operations and improve its oversight so that concessions are appropriately handled and awarded.
An audit report was filed on November 28, 2011 on the Department of Finance's (DOF's) hotel room occupancy tax collection practices (HROTX). It was determined that DOF collected HROTX from 1,076 hotels totaling $374 million for the June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010 tax year. However, several internal control weaknesses were noticed regarding HROTX collection practices as well as loose documentation of operations. Recommendations were made to rectify these issues.