Big game drawing system, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks : performance audit follow-up PDF
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• S Montana 354.349 Legislative Audit L72b<>d Division 1998 Big game drawing system* Department of Fish* Waldlife and Parks Legislative Audit Division State of Montana Report to the Legislature Performance Audit Follow-up January 1998 Big Game Drawing System Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks The original audit report contained 16 recommendations to improve drawing operations. Recommendations related to: *- Improving compliance procedures. > Bettering program administration. * Strengthening general and application controls. A*4 y' nc 'i^^E l?Rtf^OCUMFNf« ".til LECTION i % ^ •^•*- gtJNTANA glAft uitJKARY HELENA. MCJiMiAiMM o9620 Direct comments/inquiries to: Legislative Audit Division Room 135, State Capitol PO Box 201705 MT 97SP-77 Helena 59620-1705 MONTANASTATELIBRARY HOV 7 2002 3 0864 0010 3606 3 PERFORMANCE AUDITS Performance audits conducted by the Legislative Audit Division are designed to assess state government operations. From the audit work, a determination is made as to whether agencies and programs are accomplishing their purposes, and whether they can do so with greater efficiency and economy. In performing the audit work, the audit staffuses audit standards set forth by the United States General Accounting Office. Members ofthe performance audit staffhold degrees in disciplines appropriate to the audit process. Areas ofexpertise include business and public administration, statistics, economics, computer science, communications, and engineering. Performance audits are performed at the request ofthe Legislative Audit Committee which is a bicameral and bipartisan standing committee ofthe Montana Legislature. The committee consists ofsix members ofthe Senate and six members ofthe House ofRepresentatives. MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE AUDIT DIVISION ScottA. Seacat, LegislativeAuditor /^^^^^\ Deputy LegislativeAuditors: John W. Northey, Legal Counsel ra^^^Sl ^™ Pellegrini, PerformanceAudit Tori Hunthausen, IT & Operations Manager ^^^^^^ ^^"^^^ Gillett, Financial-ComplianceAudit Januaiy 1998 The Legislative Audit Committee ofthe Montana State Legislature This is our performance audit follow-up ofthe Big Game Drawing System administered by the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. While some recommendations are not implemented, we found most are implemented or are being implemented. Summary information from the original repon is included in Appendix A. We wish to express our appreciation to the staffofthe department for their cooperation and assistance during our follow-up work. Respectfully submitted. Scott A. Seacat Legislative Auditor Room 135, StateCapitol Building POBox201705 Helena, MT59620-1705 Phone(406)444-3122 FAX (406)444-9784 E-Mail [email protected] Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Montana State Library http://www.archive.org/details/biggamedrawingsy1998mont Legislative Audit Division Performance Audit Follow-up Big Game Drawing System Department Fish, Wildlife and Parks Member ofthe audit staff involved in this audit was Mary Zednick. Table of Contents List ofTables ii Administrative Officials iii Chapter I - Introduction Introduction 1 Follow-up Results 1 Chapter II - Implementa- Introduction 3 tion Status Procedures Which Ensure Sportsmen Compliance 3 Program Administration 4 Big Game Drawing Process 6 General Controls 7 Application Controls 9 Agency Response Department ofFish, Wildlife and Parks 15 Appendix A 1995 Audit Report Summary S-1 Page i List of Tables Table 1 Recommendation Status Page 1 Page ii Administrative Officials Department ofFish, Pat Graham, Director Wildlife and Parks Administration and Dave Mott, Administrator Finance Division Licensing/Data Processing Barney Benkelman, Chief Bureau Page iii
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