 Office of Internal Audit (OIA)Cecelia Goulet, CPA, CGA - Acting Director of Internal Audit On January 9, 2009, the Commonwealth enacted Chapter 468 of the Acts of 2008. This legislation contained a series of governance changes, including the creation of the Director of Internal Audit. The Office of Internal Audit conducts financial and performance reviews to prevent and detect waste, fraud and abuse and to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of public services provided in and by the City of Springfield. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ NEW: Tell the Auditor There may be times when an employee has a non-fraud related concern or idea for improvement regarding City policies, practices, or activities but does not know who to talk to. The Office of Internal Audit encourages City employees to first consider discussing their concerns with their supervisor. However, “Tell the Auditor” is now available from the Director of Internal Audit for employees to use to communicate this information. She is always ready to hear your concerns and listen to your ideas for making sure that the systems we have in place are working as intended. If you have a question, idea, or concern that you would like to submit, please Tell the Auditor: Email: telltheauditor@springfieldcityhall.com Telephone: 413-750-2792 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
City Launches Fraud Hotline Financial Accountability is a top priority for the City of Springfield, Massachusetts. With this goal in mind, the Office of Internal Audit has created a fraud hotline that can be used to report information about fraud, waste or abuse of resources related to the City of Springfield, MA. If you have information regarding known or suspected misappropriation of municipal funds or resources, we encourage you to report what you know to the City’s Office of Internal Audit. Learn more. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Internal Audit’s website gets favorable mention in Sunshine Review Contents of the Office of Internal Audit’s website were included in “The good” section of the evaluation for Springfield, Massachusetts! Items that Sunshine Review found favorable were our links to audit reports as well as our Fraud Hotline. Read more here: http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Springfield,_Massachusetts. Sunshine Review is about state and local government transparency, engaged citizens, and holding government officials accountable. The Sunshine Review wiki collects and shares information about state and local transparency using a 10-point Transparency Checklist to evaluate 6,000 state and local government websites. Sunshine Review is a non-profit that collaborates with individuals and organizations across America to promote state and local transparency.
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