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City audit finds offboarding gaps — employees retained access for days to months; committee accepts audit and asks for fixes

Atlanta Finance and Executive Committee · October 29, 2025
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Summary

A city performance audit found inconsistent offboarding practices, delays in disabling system access (median 15 days after termination in sample), incomplete property-return documentation, and unsecured storage of collected ID badges. The Finance committee accepted and filed the report and asked HR, AIM and emergency preparedness to implement the

The city auditor presented a quick-response audit of offboarding processes for separations and interdepartmental transfers on Oct. 29 and the Finance and Executive Committee voted to accept and file the report.

Brandy Bell, presenting the audit, said the review covered termination and transfer transactions for calendar year 2024 and found the offboarding process is manual and decentralized across agencies. Of a sample of 28 terminated employees, only seven had system access terminated within one day; 21 retained access between…

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