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Airport Demonstrates Insufficient Oversight for Concessions

Published on November 21, 2022

DENVER – Consistent with a broader audit of airport concessions management earlier this year, a new audit from Denver Auditor Timothy M. O’Brien, CPA, found the airport’s Concessions Division is not adequately overseeing how it monitors individual concessions contracts.

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Trash and Recycling Doesn’t Have Enough Resources Ahead of 2023

Published on November 17, 2022

DENVER – Denver’s trash, recycling, and compost service is too understaffed and working with aging, unreliable trucks ahead of the 2023 volume-based pricing program or “pay-as-you-throw” program — which could lead to worsening issues with residential service like missed pickups, according to a new audit from Denver Auditor Timothy M. O’Brien, CPA.

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2023 Audit Plan Continues Meaningful Audit Work

Published on October 17, 2022

DENVER – Denver Auditor Timothy M. O’Brien’s newly released 2023 Audit Plan includes the most important ongoing audits from this year and several new ones, including on-call contracting and certification for disadvantaged businesses, and businesses owned by women and people of color.

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City Improves Monitoring for Construction Costs, Timelines

Published on October 06, 2022

DENVER – The Department of Transportation & Infrastructure improved how it monitors subcontracted work, helping to ensure future projects have better oversight of budgets and timelines, according to a follow-up report out this month from Denver Auditor Timothy M. O’Brien, CPA.

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Denver Labor Puts $1 Million Back into Workers’ Hands

Published on September 29, 2022

DENVER – Denver Labor, a division of the Denver Auditor’s Office, has officially put more than $1 million back into the hands of workers who earned the city’s minimum wage or prevailing wage this year but were paid less than the law requires.

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Denver needs better monitoring for apps and online services

Published on September 19, 2022

DENVER – The city would be better protected from hackers if it managed third-party information technology vendors in a more comprehensive and centralized way, according to an audit out this month from Denver Auditor Timothy M. O’Brien, CPA.

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City left ‘Caring for Denver’ dollars unspent

Published on September 15, 2022

DENVER – The Denver Police Department and Department of Public Safety are not managing the money they receive from the Caring for Denver Foundation for a co-responder program sufficiently, according to a new grant audit from Denver Auditor Timothy M. O’Brien, CPA.

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Denver Social Equity Office Needs Clearer Authority

Published on August 25, 2022

DENVER – The Mayor’s Office of Social Equity and Innovation needs a stronger foundation and more support from the top to ensure effective and lasting outcomes for citywide equity initiatives, according to a new audit from Denver Auditor Timothy M. O’Brien, CPA

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City Improves Data Tracking for Pay Equity

Published on August 04, 2022

DENVER – Denver took a significant step toward ensuring it tracks pay equity among all employees after a 2021 compensation setting audit from Timothy M. O’Brien, CPA. In the new follow-up report, we found the Office of Human Resources made significant progress in encouraging employees to complete their career profiles.

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Denver Fails to Resolve Risks from Audit of Pandemic Relief Funding

Published on July 07, 2022

DENVER – The city remains exposed to potential errors and undetected fraud after failing to implement most recommendations from last year’s audit of the initial federal pandemic aid Denver received, according to a new follow-up report from Denver Auditor Timothy M. O’Brien, CPA.

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