A Performance Audit
A Report on the Self-reported Implementation of Sunset Advisory Commission Management Actions
February 2021
Summary Analysis
The State Auditor’s Office (SAO) has obtained from 29 state entities their self-reported implementation statuses for 223 nonstatutory recommendations (management actions) in the Sunset Advisory Commission Report to the 86th Legislature.
The entities reported to the SAO that on or before December 31, 2020:
- They had fully implemented 180 (80.7 percent) of the 223 management actions.
- They had substantially implemented 20 (9.0 percent) of the 223 management actions.
- The implementation of 20 (9.0 percent) of the 223 management actions was incomplete or ongoing.
- Three (1.3 percent) of the 223 management actions were not implemented.
For the purposes of this project, auditors followed up on the implementation statuses of 70 selected management actions that 26 entities reported as fully implemented and that the Sunset Advisory Commission rated as having either a high or medium priority. Auditors verified that 60 of those 70 management actions were fully implemented, 6 were substantially implemented, 2 were incomplete or on-going, and 2 were not implemented.
Table 1 shows the implementation statuses that the State Auditor’s Office determined for the 70 nonstatutory recommendations (management actions) selected and reviewed from the Sunset Advisory Commission Report to the 86th Legislature. Auditors verified that 60 of those 70 management actions were fully implemented, 6 were substantially implemented, 2 were incomplete or on-going, and 2 were not implemented.
Table 2 presents information on the entities’ self-reported status of implementation of management actions in the Sunset Advisory Commission Report to the 86th Legislature. The State Auditor’s Office requested that the entities report the status of implementation of management actions in September 2020 and gave entities the option to update their initial responses by December 2020. Some entities updated implementation dates and/or comments in response to auditor testing.
The entities reported to the SAO that on or before December 31, 2020:
- They had fully implemented 180 (80.7 percent) of the 223 management actions.
- They had substantially implemented 20 (9.0 percent) of the 223 management actions.
- The implementation of 20 (9.0 percent) of the 223 management actions was incomplete or ongoing.
- Three (1.3 percent) of the 223 management actions were not implemented.
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