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Chief audit officer reports three audits, flags 45 outstanding recommendations
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Summary
Chief Audit Officer Blaine Clements told the Audit Committee three audits were released between 08/15/2025 and 11/06/2025 (two IT-focused). He said the technology access fee spending (about $2,000,000 annually) was appropriate, key IT plans had no reportable findings, and 45 recommendations remain outstanding.
Mister Blaine Clements, the university's chief audit officer, presented the audit committee with three audits released in the most recent quarter and a list of outstanding recommendations.
Clements said two of the three audits reviewed IT-related topics, and the third examined the president's office expense schedule, a statutory reporting requirement. On the university's technology access fees, which Clements described as about $2,000,000 a year, he told trustees the fees were being spent appropriately on classrooms, computer labs and software and that oversight rests with a campus committee.
Clements said the network review produced no reportable issues and the cyber incident response plan review found no findings, including how employees are trained and resources allocated. The president's office expense-schedule audit likewise produced no findings. He also said the internal audit office communicates other opportunities for improvement in letters even when formal findings are not included in committee materials.
Clements said the office is working through a list of 45 outstanding recommendations this year, higher than normal because audits covered areas the office had not previously reviewed. He offered to answer questions and noted that more detailed schedules and supporting materials are available on request.
The committee received the reports for information; no formal action was requested or taken.
