Texas State Auditor's Office - Summary of Report 27-003

A Performance Audit

An Audit of Offboarding Processes at the Alcoholic Beverage Commission

September 2026

Overview

Audit Objectives

The Alcoholic Beverage Commission (Commission) had processes in place for offboarding personnel and removing access to internal and external systems for separated personnel. The Commission appropriately reassigned or disposed of most assets during the offboarding process, including weapons and vehicles. However, it could not demonstrate that it recovered badges from all offboarded law enforcement agents.

The Commission did not consistently review investigations in its tracking systems upon the separation of assigned investigators, and it should formally incorporate assessment of open investigations into its offboarding processes.

The Commission fully implemented prior SAO recommendations related to its software implementation policy and user access reviews.

HIGH

OFFBOARDING PROCESSES

The Commission had processes for offboarding personnel, but it did not consistently follow its processes. While it recovered most high-risk assets, it did not recover all law enforcement badges from offboarded personnel.

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MEDIUM

INVESTIGATION REASSIGNMENTS

The Commission had investigations assigned in its systems to former employees who had separated from 3 to 21 months earlier, in part because investigation reassignment was not formally incorporated into the Commission's offboarding process.

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LOW