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Audit Buzz Newsletter
May 2024
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Engagement and Office Updates
In this issue of the Audit Buzz, we provide an update on current engagements, celebrate Internal Audit Awareness Month and offer a training opportunity to Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) employees.
Prior editions of Audit Buzz are archived here on Office of Auditor General's (OAG) website.
As always, we appreciate the cooperation and courtesies extended to our staff by FCPS management and staff during all past, current, and future audit engagements.
Current Engagement Update
At the May 13 Audit Committee meeting, OAG presented the following agenda items:
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Status of FY24 internal inquiries - From July 2023 to April 2024, OAG received 70 inquiries of fraud, waste, and abuse potential concerns.
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FY24 Business Process Audit (BPA) Summary and BPA Reports for Bull Run Elementary, Marshall High, and Poe Middle - These three audits identified six low risk findings and two moderate risk findings. These findings related to bank reconciliation, non-bank reconciliation, payment of personnel, the purchasing process, sufficient documentation, and timely payment.
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FY25 Risk Assessment and Proposed Audit Plan Presentation and document - OAG presented the results of the risk assessment and proposed audit topics for FY25.
Internal Audit Awareness Month Celebration
To raise awareness and recognize OAG, May has been designated as the Internal Audit Awareness Month by the Institute of Internal Auditors.
OAG serves and operates at the direction of the School Board. The School Board Audit Committee serves to promote the independence and objectivity of OAG by ensuring broad audit coverage, adequate consideration of audit reports, and appropriate action on recommendations. OAG has an important purpose within FCPS, as our internal auditors, and it provides a variety of roles and responsibilities.
 OAG Team
On May 22, OAG celebrated Internal Audit Awareness month at the FCPS Gatehouse Administration Center. FCPS employees were able to learn more about the OAG. OAG was able to test FCPS employee's knowledge by asking questions and testing the employee's knowledge with trivia games.
Thank you to all that joined OAG at our celebration for Internal Audit Awareness Month. Congratulations to all the winners!
If you want to test your Audit Knowledge, here is a challenge for you:
 [Answer is at the end]
Did you Know?
OAG Outreach and Education: Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Opportunity
OAG is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) and serves as the sponsor for the FCPS Continuing Professional Education (CPE) programs, dedicated to support FCPS employees with complimentary CPE credits required by various certification agencies. OAG is pleased to offer a new NASBA training opportunity for FCPS employees to earn up to 3 CPE credits:
Course: Managing Risk in a School Division: How can All Employees Contribute to This Goal?
Date: July 26, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Risk management is not a new concept in FCPS. What is new is the need to integrate risk management into strategic and decision making, and how could that be integrated into our daily work at FCPS. The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of risk management (including enterprise risk at a macro level and operational risk at a micro level) and its value to a school division. The secondary focus is on concepts and applications related to risk management performed by the Office of Risk Management and risk assessment performed by the Office of Auditor General. Staff from Office of the Ombuds will join, to share how their office supports towards managing risk within FCPS.
FCPS employees may sign-up for the training on MyPDE.
Upcoming Events
Next Audit Committee Meeting
The next Audit Committee meeting is scheduled for June 18 at 4:30 PM. Please refer to BoardDocs for meeting information once it becomes available.
Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Hotline:
(571) 423-1333 (anonymous voicemail)
InternalAudit@fcps.edu (email is not anonymous)
Online Submission Form
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