Report 2013-115 Recommendation 8 Responses

Report 2013-115: Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program: Meaningful Performance Standards and Better Guidance by the California Departments of General Services and Veterans Affairs Would Strengthen the Program (Release Date: February 2014)

Recommendation #8 To: Transportation, Department of

To help ensure that Caltrans does not incorrectly report businesses that are not certified DVBEs, it should verify, at least on a sample basis for high-value contracts, the certification status of the DVBE firms before submitting their DVBE activity reports to General Services

60-Day Agency Response

As noted in the original response, Caltrans started verifying DVBE certification status on high-value contracts on a quarterly basis. The first five contracts were reviewed on January 30, 2014, and an additioal five contracts on April 1, 2014. All reviewed contracts were accurately represented as certified DVBE firms in the database used to generate the annual participation reports.

Corrective action fully implemented; verification of certification status will be ongoing.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

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Agency responses received are posted verbatim.