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Internal Audit Quote of the Week

As Jeff Foxworthy says, you just can’t make this stuff up.

 

In the article on the front page of the SA paper yesterday Sunday July 5 the vice chancellor of the Alamo CCD makes this comment

 

James McLaughlin pitched cutting a position in the internal auditor’s office, saying his staff could not keep up with the drumbeat of reports each identifying some new problem to fix.

 

“When you pick up a rock, there are 1,000 snakes and every snake has babies,” McLaughlin has said of district operations. “

 

Prof Elam observation – The job of an internal audittor is to identify the highest risk an entity faces, propose solutiknos, and then hopefully the risk is reduced.  Clearly the reactino of the VC is forget that, stop the reports I do not want to hear bout itl.

 

Perhaps that internal auditor should be transferred to James office to help out….

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7 responses to “Internal Audit Quote of the Week”

  1. Tammy Salinas Avatar
    Tammy Salinas

    Seems to me this Chancellor should not be holding the position he currently holds. If anything he should be welcoming these reports to better his department, or get individuals qualified for the work. Seems to me he has gotten too comfortable with his pay. Auditing is part of accounting, checks and balancing, making sure everything is accounted for. This needs to be addressed in the appropriate manner.

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  2. Josefina Castillo Avatar
    Josefina Castillo

    Wow! I wonder if he thought this article would not be read. You would think that he would want to improve the ACCD, instead of acting like everything is o.k. I guess this is where that saying comes in, “Out of sight out of mind.” I would like to see how long he continues in his current position or if he will receive a bonus for reducing the amount of reports that are produced.

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  3. Dennis Elam Avatar
    Dennis Elam

    Will Rogers said that he was not a comedian, he just read what politicians did in Washington and reported on it….
    Gee nothing has changed

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  4. LeAnna M Nesbitt Avatar
    LeAnna M Nesbitt

    Internal Auditing is an important function in a regulating environment and in public organizations. Transparency is vital and without knowledge, than the problems can get out of control. As a present example the problems in the banking and financial investment industries, is the failure to regulate and provide adequate auditing and use standard procedures. This is a primary cause for abuse.

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  5. Dennis Elam Avatar
    Dennis Elam

    I wonder if we could hear from Jim on that…..

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  6. LeAnna M Nesbitt Avatar
    LeAnna M Nesbitt

    Your right McLaughlin is off base…

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  7. Dennis Elam Avatar
    Dennis Elam

    Leanna’s comment above is textbook perfect as to the necessity of governance and the job of internal auditors, nice job Leanna, what can he be thionking….

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