The Audit Section is responsible for the development and operation of ADECA’s audit management system, financial monitoring, special audits and technical assistance to recipients, their auditors and consultants.Two units designed to carry out these responsibilities comprise the section.

The audit operations unit provides financial monitoring through reviews or special audits of various recipients receiving federal funds. Technical assistance is provided to recipients through telephone and written communication, workshops and site visits. The unit performs internal reviews of operations, processes and systems in order to make recommendations to improve efficiency and effectiveness and to verify compliance with stated regulations. The audit operations unit also performs special audits or projects for the chief auditor, the director and division directors as requested, and is generally the coordinating point for various investigations by state or federal officials.

The audit review unit ensures timely external audits of ADECA recipients by performing desk reviews of audit reports and reviews of audit working papers. It also provides highly technical guidance to ADECA recipients and their external auditors (CPAs and State Examiners of public Accounts). This unit is the focal point in the department’s audit resolution process and assures corrective actions to audit findings and questioned costs.