, what are we exactly auditing?'m not even suggesting that i have the answers or even know exactly where it should go. i'm sure asking that the c.s.a. staff come back and give us their ideas on what else they see they might add. >> so just a suggestion which might help. i had sent a couple of example doe s, where i agree the opportunity to work in an interdepartmental way is one of the huge advantages of our function, and we try to take that seriously and staff things which need staffing, the healthy streets outreach center was the example that i had e-mailed where this is all the departments th departments that are working together, and the intersecting service and resource demands that are represented by that. there's a new operational function at the 1011 turk street. we're providing the staff and measurement resource support so that they're able to measure what they're doing, show result. this is an example of the interdepartmental work, citizen focused work as well. i guess probably the example that pops up in

we have triannual audits, and we have annual state department of health care services audit. along with that, the department for the past several years have engaged in self-audits, self-evaluations as well as a self-review of various of our systems that you'll see up there around the s.f.g. services, psychiatric health, looking at acute psychiatric system around patient flow, looking at patient management and how we can improve one-on-one as well as looking at our ongoing documentation review and claims review. and there was a recent audit or report that happened on our crisis intervention services, c.i.t., which is specifically working with the police department and working with the fire department, which i'll highlight at the end. one thing that's very important to notice is along with the fact that we appreciate audits, we have had multiple accomplishments, and we have a very, very robust system of care that should be recognized for it. we have outstanding reviews, 95% compliance ratings of our mental health plan by the state at their triannual audit. we have had ongoingly

in the current year for their plan that included a tea sleeve audit -- audit. and attest to determine risk and vulnerabilities in the network. and a real estate development audit and an improvement project called heme -- human resources services for the p.u.c. our current quarter outlook for quarter four is ending june the 30th of where we are expected to complete the audits for the citywide fleet management. audits, as well as the annual fiscal inventory count for the three enterprises. upcoming audits that come at this time of the year include the financial statement audits for fiscal year 17, 18, as well as upcoming comprehensive financial report and the popular annual financial report. lastly, this final piece highlights our performance within the outstanding audits and recommendations. in quarter four, we closed one audit for the citywide construction safety audit. from this audit, at included eight recommendations that were close. in addition, age recommendations were close for the wastewater management divisional performance audit. as a result, there are

we talk cms auditing plan. in response to the germans suggested to private auditors come you suggested that cms should engage state auditors instead. would you make sure that we have on the record for the committee and make sure, and the truth administrator verma is aware of this, the state auditors already required to do the single audit every year. state auditors are already accustomed to looking at federal programs and the integrity of the social programs in their state. could you explain what this would be a seamless transition to add to the single audit responsibilities that taking a look at particularly managed-care and medicaid. >> wais yes. the state auditors have very deep and long-standing knowledge of the state medicaid programs. most states, and administrator verma mentions of this in her statement, it's if not the number one budget item in the state, it's number two pick in some states it's almost 30% of the entire budget of the state so it's a very important responsibility. under federal law the s

and taxes, audit during the day and taxes at night, so i got a little experience in both audits and taxes. i worked a lot in the government in my career as an auditor and art partner. in 1997, i moved to tulsa, oklahoma, and became managing auditor and we had a large governmental practice. we had the benefit of managing from a risk standpoint and technical standpoint that aspect of our practice. a chief operating officer role and government nonprofit is one of our largest niches, so i still have a lot ties to this profession, so i have a real appreciation for the complexity and importance of everything you do on a day-to-day basis, so i appreciate that and value what you do. i'm going to start with a quick story. one of my favorite memories from practicing in this segment goes back to when i was in tulsa and we had a large governmental client that i was working on, and we got into an accounting issue with the client. i needed what i felt like was the support from one of my .artners i contacted him and set i had a .echnical issue with the client he arranged a conference call, and jim

we need more meat on the bones in terms of, we need more audits. 50 state audits, but in general whatever these initiatives are, what are the controls you put in place, i'm hoping remain in place. this isn't just a want or to your program or of one administration program. we really do implement these things long-term, provide control. we simply can't afford to waste 37 going dollars out of this program. there are people in need to rely on this. without i will turn it over to my ranking member senator mccaskill. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, administrator verma and mr. dodaro. jeanne, thank you officer being being here and all the good work. i know you introduce your state auditors but you told me at the house, somewhat i will let you introduce them but i'm sending love to the state auditors. they have important work they can be doing here and glad we will cover the topic today. i think their underutilized as being our partners in accountable for the medicaid program. two months ago, we held a hearing to talk about the rate of improper payments in the medicaid program.

chief audit executive for city services auditor. so today, our presentation is actually an update on the whistle blower activities and initiatives through fiscal year 2017-18. we last presented in front of this committee in november , on november 20, 2017, at which time, we reviewed fiscal year 2017-18 activities through quarter one. so in advance of today's presentation, the whistle blower program staff supported regular meetings with cgoboc liaisons. our most recent breeting was with chair brenda kwee mcnulty and larry bush on augularry ba. thank you for your patience. technology is wonderful, so for the benefit of just doing a quit overview, our first slides will be pretty quick. we'll talk about the whistle blower's program authority, jurisdiction and ensuring a well run city government. so our authority is derived from california government code 53870.6, san francisco charter appendix f-1, 107, and san francisco campaign and governmental conduct code, and california government code 53870.6 empowers a city county auditor and con

we need more meat on the bones in terms of more audits. 50 state audits. in general, whatever the initiatives are or whatever the controls put in place i hope will remain in place. that we implement these things long-term to provide control because we simply cannot afford to waste $37 billion out of this program. there are people in need that really rely on this. with that i turn it over to sen. -- i turn it over to senator mccaskill. i know you will introduce your i will letors but you introduce them but i am sending love to the state auditors. they have important work. underutilizedre as being our partners in accountability. hearinghs ago we held a regarding the improper payments of the medicaid program. this committee has a responsibility to ensure that vitalogram which provides health care to more than 70 million americans regardless of pre-existing conditions, spend tax -- taxpayer dollars appropriately. hhs published weaknessescontinued in medicaid managed care. there is a need for greater transparency on how the organizations spend tax payer dollars

we need more meat on the bones, in terms we need more audits, 50-state audits. but whatever controls you put in place, i am hoping remain in place, that this is just a one or two-year program or a one administration program, that we implement these things long-term to try to control it because we can't afford to waste $37 billion out of this program. there are people that need to rely on this. i will turn it over to my ranking member, senator mccaskill. senator mccaskill: thank you. thank you for being here and for all the good work. you told me you had state auditors and house and i will let you introduce them, but i am sending love to the state auditors. they've got important work they can be doing here and i'm glad we are going to cover that topic today. i think they are underutilized as being our partners in accountability for the medicaid program. two months ago we held a hearing to talk about the rate of improper payments and medicaid. this committee has a responsibility to ensure the medicaid program, which provides vital health care to over 70 million am

as for the citizens audit review board, why not recommend an audit of the ethics commission, and why it has never sustained a claim. and we can't just accept the findings. we could say many city agencies and even the u.s. navy made findings that hunters point was perfektly safe, but when you listen to whistle blowers, look under the surface, you find that's not true. that's why we need to probe and look under the surface. thank you. >> any additional public comment? seeing none, let's go to the next item. >> item seven, presentation from public korworks regardinge 2008 and 2016 work bond and possible commediscussion by th committee on such presentation. >> good morning, madam chair, members of the cgoboc committee, joe chen, public works program manager. i'm here this morning to provide an update on the public health and safety bond program 2016. i'm also joined by other members of the public works project management team and finance team members as well as client representative to support -- in support of the program as well as to help answer any questions that i cannot answer mysel

you know, most of us are all in the auditing profession and there's classic auditing where you auditfter the fact, whether it's financial statements, or whether it's a program or activity, and the gao we do both. we audit the financial statements of the federal government and, but most of what we do are performance audits, about 95% of our work where we're looking to improve the economy and efficiency of the federal government, local for policy issues that are going to confront the congress and more and more, we're being asked to identify issues emerging and issues that need to be confronted so we can get our work done before we can have a crisis performance. that involves thinking ahead and trying to focus on what things are changing. so, i want to talk about each of these eight trends here a little bit this morning, and talk about what our work is, and will be, related to these trends going forward. first is the evolving nature of security threats, which continued to be a very dynamic issue. there are old threats that have been around as this chart illustrates here, this map, which

requesting an audit of the department to make the dmv experience better for everyone. >> what time did you get here. >> just before 6:00 p.m.. >> i am leaving again after 90 minutes trying to even get in and never mind talking to anyone or getting anywhere else. it very disappointing. >> getting here long before the doors open at 9:00 a.m. is something they hope will save them a few showers of waiting in line. >> i was in this line less than a month ago and i was here for five hours. i am on three now. >> some people had to wait up to eight hours across california lately. one of the state lawmakers saying that needs to change requesting an audit of the department. >> every license holder needs to get a real id, and there is going to be a flood of individuals. was there anticipation in their planning to hire people on a limited term basis. we might want to observe the training. >> the dmv director pushed back. >> you are very hesitant to an audit. >> it would strain our resources. >> she is asking the state $26 million, and since july to specifically alleviate long wait times. >> so hea

. >>> state lawmakers will consider a request to audit the dmv over extended it wait time. the head of dmv told a roomful of legislators that the wait time is only 23 minutes. no one was buying that line. >> this was a line like waiting for a rock concert. that's the kind of line that i saw like a star wars movie premiere. >> except that lines like this and lines across the state are not for head banger concert but banging your head against the wall. >> people have to take an entire day of work, have to wait six or seven or eight hours just process some paperwork. >> reporter: this woman was lucky. she only had to wait five hours. the dmv administrator says it's because of the lines to get federally approved ids. >> we would like to get up to 26 more million to allow more staff. >> that sparked this heated exchange over auditing the department. >> i don't mean to put words in your mouth but you are very hesitant to an audit. >> director, we would strain our resources. >> reporter: and then this from assembly member jim patterson of fresno. >> an audit will ask you to devote

. >> my question to you is are you okay with the audit then? of the employment development fought an audit. >> reporter: citing our investigation lawmakers have launched an investigation of their own. they're inviting the state auditor for eight months to find out why they won't stop compromising social security numbers. >> edd was mailing documents to its customers. >> an assemblywoman summarized three years of our investigative reports before a bipartisan joint legislative committee. >> the social security number was clearly visible through the plastic envelope. >> to demonstrate thevi e security risks weconingponsesf the state's largest agencies. >> consistent answers saying the federal government required social security numbers to be used. we later found that was not the case. >> as we first reported in 2015 viewers were horrified to discover the state still printing full social security numbers as casually as a name or address on documents mailed out to millions of californians collecting benefits for unemployment, disability, maternity l

the government established a coordinating group of audit and accounting issues the c.g. a and impressive group of regulators and. recommendation became the primary framework for assuring the u.k.'s independence but even with all that there still seems to be problems regulatory fines against one of the big four have become routine business scandals despite efforts to empower boards to fill their produce your responsibilities the relationship between c.e.o.'s and chief financial officers boards and the managing account partners on multi-million dollar contracts and accounts on which the partners bonuses are based are just too comfy and too cozy for many here to discuss is someone actually work for one of the firms back in the day the c.e.o. of marc that was a lot to get to i want to get a lot of information out there's a baseline you know i have lived this stuff we've talked about it before what's your take on all of it ok so it is a very important issue because ninety eight percent of course of all the companies on the put c one hundred and also the s. and p. are of cours

absolutely no consulting with any audit clients and of course the audit thing side of companies is only going about three percent since two thousand and twelve whereas the consulting sides go to about forty four percent i think what's important are the steps that global companies these big four taking to rectify the situation they're taking it very seriously apart and they're making a lot of changes but one of the changes and then are they going to be good enough to deal with that i think they're going at least in the right direction i can't get say that they definitely will take care of everything but here's a couple of examples for example i don't still young they've changed their entire bonus structure to make sure that the part of the bonuses that are the partners come in and actually audit over those accounts that are out there and make as you know my wife very happy who is a. good to hear that what about what about could be a good citizen good some good things about him gee they took things that they've taken things very seriously think about four of the steps they've taken it to

wait times worse. >> you are very hesitant to an audit? >> we would strain resources. >> reporter: republicans are furious that this audit was not approved today, jim patterson, who suggested the idea says he will bring it back up as soon as he can but the earliest he can is in february, he says he can only expect to see lines grow. back to you. >>> the newest fire in california started this afternoon at 1:00 in west marin co. we flew over the bridge fire at brack -- at black mountain. there is no threat to homes. it is burning at 40 acres right now and 30% contained. meanwhile, the mendocino complex fire has burned more than 300,000 acres and is not even halfway contained yet. this is the largest california wildfire ever recorded. some good news, smoke that has covered the area has a lowered the temperature and slowed the growth of the fire. today thousands of people can now go home, evacuation orders were lifted this morning and highway 20 in both directions has reopened. as for schools in lake county students were told their summer vaca

they also increased dramatically the audits of these employers. under obama, it was about 2000. 1500 to 2000 a year. in the first half of fiscal 2018, there are already over 2200. the number could be double what it was under obama, which was quite a bit more than it was under president bush. we are seeing a gradual increase in the focus being paid to these employers. bush was more on the employees. obama was more on the employers. trump is going after everyone. host: the dallas morning news reported 160 people taken in in paris, texas. guest: those are happening more and more. we saw the beginning of this earlier this year. january, the administration ran a whole prior file -- ran a high profile raid. we started seeing this little by little -- not little by little. we have seen some very big raids around the country. in the first six or seven months of the trump administration i was wondering if they would employ that. it becomes clear that was the intention from the beginning. it just takes a long time to carry out these operations. ice and other

so we know that — who has been put through this audit? absolutely.gislation? this is what we're hoping to work together with parliament to establish because already, that is done. but what we're saying is that at least for the executive, we will insist that if you want to continue serving, you must make it public. period. so it's notjust windowdressing? no, this is something i'm committed to, and it's something i am determined to leave as my legacy in this country. is that what you want your legacy to be? yes. the fight against corruption, and transparency and to ensure that the nation's resources are used in the best interests of the people of the republic. and talking about your legacy, we see what's happening in neighbouring uganda, where president museveni has changed the constitution. are there any circumstances in which you can foresee that you might stay on for another term or submit yourself to election for another term, because you have a two year term only? we work on the basis of our constitution. my predecessors all have functioned on tha

despite the harsh words, multiple days of testimony the audit did not pass. republicans are furious area assemblymen jim patterson's office sent this video statement. >> dmv exists for the people of california, not the other way around. the people of california where the big losers today. they will continue to be losers until common sense prevails here. >> the audit failed when three democratic senators who were at the hearing declined to vote. >>> san francisco renters will have better access to an eviction lawyer. london breed announced the city's new funding to help renters with legal counsel. this program will make housing more affordable and fight displacement. >> where the first city in california on the second in the nation to institute a right to civil counsel for tenants. >> starting in june 2019, the city will spend more than $5 million to help tenants fight eviction. >>> another hearing regarding who should be on the hook for fire damages is happening in sacramento today. victim to force utilities to be held accountable. >>> with security on the li

you can audition online.ll link you to the right place. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. day game over at giants, a 12:45 first pitch. 60, warming up to about 66 under total sunshine. a rare tuesday game. only two games set against the world series champs. dodgers in town but taking on the a's at 7:05. 69, dropping down to 61. african-american heritage night. giving away really cool looking hats. here's a look at hector, still a category 4. winds down to 130 miles per hour. still slated to slide south of the islands, but it's going to kick up wicked surf, thunderstorms, and even winds up to 50 miles per hour. there could be damage, sfaelsh on the big island. >>> okay, we're looking at a really quiet start to the tuesday morning commute. we do have a little lineup in the cash lanes on the left side of the bay bridge toll plaza. if you're paying cash, you may want to to the right side. no litering lights. i did work in seattle for three years before i came here. that's

with an audit. >> this from jim patterson of fresno appears to make an audit is merely going to ask you to divulge and disclose and report. to suggest that an audit in order to dig deep down into what you are doing by a common auditor who has lots of history in finding areas of problems in helping us solve them is in your judgment a problem because you can't deliver the basic information that a department director ought to immediately have at your disposal. >> sebackpedaling. >> i did not say it would be a redirection of resources at the counter. we would never do that. >> the dmv said today the goal is to have wait times for appointment holders reduced to 15 minutes and non-appointment by 45 minutes by the end of the year. it's a case of time will tell. in the newsroom, kpix 5. >>> new information tonight about the father of 2 from texas who was shot and killed on the bay bridge early monday morning. it was his career in the music industry that brought him to the bay area. speaking to the victims father as police try to piece together what happened before the shooting.>> reporter:

when the auditions came around and the situation arose, no, i'm not going to go.y, the people in my life that love me said, trevor, you will regret it if you don't at least try. ♪ in case you didn't know katie i'm crazy about you ♪ >> nice. >> if you could go back and do anything different, would you, and what would it be? >> i've spent so many nights up thinking about this. i wouldn't change anything. ♪ >> i think that things happen the way they were supposed to. wouldthange m anhi>>eporter: holmes has been nashvill working w songwrits putting toget he has two key pieces of advice for "idol" hopefuls. >> breathe and don't be anything other than yourself. they can see that. if they see the authenticity, that's most important. >> reporter: abc7 news. >>> for a look at all the bus tour locations go to abc7news.com. >>> former n'sync band member, lance bass, says he's heart broken after being outbid on a house of his dreams. he made a bid on the landmark brady bunch house. he thought she house was his and lost out saturday. he said he felt he was used to drive up the

election audits or post-election audits that are determined by the state. there's not a reason for the federal government to tell states how to do that. that is a unique role of the states and requiring communication between the states and federal government on election infrastructure breaches. there are ways to be able to do that to honor the state's authority to be able to run their elections but still understand we have vulnerablability nationwide if any one state is vulnerable. i've heard the arguments on the bill and information sharing but i would say that it's clear that an attack on any one state, on any one county could jeopardize the integrate of -- integrity of our nation's election security system. i've heard that states may not need to conduct their own post post-audits. it's been a trust us, things will work out final. the challenge i have with that is that five states in the united states right now and as of this election coming up in november will not be able to even do a post-audit election on their system, five states. nine additional stat

he has simple advice for any one thinking about auditioning. >> just breathe and be yourself.ticity. >> anyone interested in auditioning mub at least 15 years old. for more information on the dates and auditions, go to abc7 news. >> sounds so easy but -- >> the pressure -- i don't even know how they sing. it is always amazing every year they still manage to find incredible talent all over the country. >> yeah. absolutely. >>> "world news tonight" with david muir is next. >> for all of us here we appreciate your time. our next newscast is 6:00 p.m. hope to see you then. >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. robert mueller's star witness on the stand in the trial of paul manafort. rick gates is asked, "were you involved in any criminal activity with paul manafort?" his answer, "yes." and what rick gates also said in that courtroom just a short time ago. >>> the deadly nose dive, the plane crashing into a parking lot. tonight, the identities of those onboard now revealed. the pilot declaring an emergency in the moments before that plane went straight down. >>> the dan

did you think you had a good shot at the audition? sign in to let the casting dirtor know you're there. it's a basic piece of paperwork. it's all of these incredible acto actors. it suddenly calmedow me because it was suddenly, i have no chance of this. i can go in and have fun. >> he hit it off with bridesmaids star kristen wiig, that led to a meeting with judd apat and o'dowd got the part. >> i was going through this kind of phase of my process where i didn't read parts of scripts that i wasn't in. i didn't want it to cloud anything i was doing. i felt like we were making a nice little movie. and then i didn't see what the girls were doing. when i watched it, i'm like oh, my god, this is a riot. what do i need to go to toilet in? >> with the massive success of bridesmaids, fans labeled o'dowd a heartthrob. though he prefers a different title. >> what's the term you use? you're not a sex symbol. >> i a friend symbol. >> that's a timehen women didn't want to have a fling with me, just be spooned by me. it's more like a dessert spoon.