Report 2007-115 Recommendations

When an audit is completed and a report is issued, auditees must provide the State Auditor with information regarding their progress in implementing recommendations from our reports at three intervals from the release of the report: 60 days, six months, and one year. Additionally, Senate Bill 1452 (Chapter 452, Statutes of 2006), requires auditees who have not implemented recommendations after one year, to report to us and to the Legislature why they have not implemented them or to state when they intend to implement them. Below, is a listing of each recommendation the State Auditor made in the report referenced and a link to the most recent response from the auditee addressing their progress in implementing the recommendation and the State Auditor's assessment of auditee's response based on our review of the supporting documentation.

Recommendations in Report 2007-115: Sex Offender Placement: State Laws Are Not Always Clear, and No One Formally Assesses the Impact Sex Offender Placement Has on Local Communities (Release Date: April 2008)

Recommendations to Corrections and Rehabilitation, Department of
Number	Recommendation	Status
3	To ensure that it complies with its policies and interpretation of state laws, Corrections should continue to monitor the addresses of paroled sex offenders to ensure that they are not residing with other sex offenders, including those not on parole, in the same unit of a multifamily dwelling.	Fully Implemented
4	To ensure that it maintains all necessary data to carry out its functions, Corrections' Juvenile Division should update its database to include the Social Security numbers and criminal investigation and identification numbers for all juvenile offenders under its jurisdiction.	Fully Implemented
5	To comply with legal requirements and its own policies, Corrections should ensure that its parole regions provide timely notification of the release of all parolees to the applicable law enforcement agencies.	Fully Implemented
6	To comply with legal requirements and its own policies, Corrections should ensure that its parole agents review all registration receipts to make certain that all parolees required to register as sex offenders do so within five working days of moving into a local jurisdiction.	Fully Implemented
7	To comply with legal requirements and its own policies, Corrections should ensure that the Juvenile Division's parole agents monitor juvenile parolees as required and maintain all documents to support its monitoring efforts.	Fully Implemented

Recommendations to Justice, Department of
Number	Recommendation	Status
1	To ensure that registered adult sex offenders are not residing in licensed facilities that serve children, Justice should provide Social Services with the appropriate identifying information to enable Social Services to investigate those instances in which the registered addresses of sex offenders were the same as child care or foster care facilities. If necessary, Justice and Social Services should seek statutory changes that would permit Justice to release identifying information to Social Services so that it may investigate any matches.	Fully Implemented

Recommendations to Social Services, Department of
Number	Recommendation	Status
2	If necessary, Justice and Social Services should seek statutory changes that would permit Justice to release identifying information to Social Services so that it may investigate any matches.	Fully Implemented

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