2021 May 20 - Follow-Up Report: County of Hawaii Information Technology Asset Management

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Maxinne Pacheco Acting County Auditor County of Hawaii seal OFFICE OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 telephone number (808) 961-8386 Fax (808) 961-8905 website: http://hawaiicounty.gov e-mail: countyauditor@hawaiicounty.gov Business Address 120 Pauahi Street Suite 309 Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 May 20, 2021 Honorable Maile Mederios David, Council Chair and Members of the Hawaii County Council Hawaii County Council 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Dear Chair David and Council Members, In accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards and the Hawaii County Charter Section 3-18(d)(3), the Office of the County Auditor has a responsibility to monitor and follow-up on audit recommendations to ensure that audit findings are being addressed through appropriate corrective action and to aid us in planning future audits. We have completed our follow-up audit of the County of Hawaii Information Technology Asset Management (Report No. 2015-01) dated November 12, 2015. The audit objective was to determine if the Department of Information Technology implemented the 2015 IT Asset Management recommendations. We tested eleven recommendations and found that management took corrective action as follows: Status of Recommendations: 4 Implemented Department has fully implemented the audit recommendation 6 In Process Department started or has partially implemented the audit recommendation 1 Not Implemented Department ahs not begun implementation of the recommendation Currently, the Department of Information Technology (DIT) does not own or manage all the County's IT assets. To fully meet best practices, IT asset management should be centralized, DIT should own all IT assets, and use an IT asset management role. Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer