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Auditor General issues mostly clean financial opinion for Pima County but flags federal‑grant and IT control weaknesses
Summary
The Arizona Office of the Auditor General gave Pima County an unmodified financial statement opinion but reported findings in grants management, federal reporting and information‑technology controls; county staff outlined steps and timelines to address the issues.
The Arizona Office of the Auditor General presented its fiscal‑year 2024 audit to the Pima County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 5, issuing an unmodified (clean) opinion on the county's financial statements but reporting multiple control deficiencies and federal single‑audit issues.
Lindsay Perry, Arizona—s auditor general, and Catherine Edwards Decker, financial audit director, told the board the county—s financial statements are reliable (unmodified opinion) but that the office identified two internal‑control findings related to information‑technology (IT) risk classification and access controls. The audit also produced four federal single‑audit findings and qualified opinions on five of seven major federal programs tested.
Key findings - IT controls: Auditors said the county did not sufficiently identify or inventory sensitive information across systems nor consistently document IT policies and account‑access procedures; the county was…
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