Report 2009-043 Recommendation 10 Responses

Report 2009-043: Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun: It Needs to Develop Procedures and Controls Over Its Operations and Finances to Ensure That It Complies With Legal Requirements (Release Date: November 2009)

Recommendation #10 To: Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun, Board of

To ensure that it has adequate controls to protect confidential information, the board should consistently use state-based e-mail accounts when conducting board business and, to the extent possible, import prior non-state e-mail into the state accounts.

1-Year Agency Response

As of November 2009, board members and staff are using state e-mail accounts. Specifically, after joining the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, the board started a step-by-step technical infrastructure change. In that process, the board obtained state-based e-mail accounts for all board members and staff. (See 2011-406, p. 98)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2009-043

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.