Report 2015-508 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 2015-508: Follow-Up—Federal Workforce Investment Grants: The Employment Development Department Established Procedures for Seeking Discretionary Grants, but Needs to Strengthen Them (Release Date: September 2015)

Recommendations to Employment Development Department
Number	Recommendation	Status
1	To ensure that its grant-seeking process is effective in considering grant opportunities related to workforce investment, EDD should update its grant identification and analysis procedures by December 31, 2015, to include the following: - Identification of the appropriate level of management or staff to analyze and document the factors considered in pursuing or forgoing grant opportunities. - Documentation of grant analyses, including factors considered in pursuing or forgoing grant opportunities. - Documentation of decisions related to pursuing or forgoing grants. - A method for ensuring that the process is consistently implemented. - Training of appropriate management or staff about EDD's grant-seeking process.	Fully Implemented
2	To ensure that the State maximizes federal funding opportunities related to workforce investment, EDD and the state board should formalize their collaborative grant-seeking procedures by December 31, 2015, to clearly define their respective roles and responsibilities in the grant-seeking process.	Fully Implemented

Recommendations to Workforce Investment Board, California
Number	Recommendation	Status
3	To ensure that the state board assesses the merits of pursing federal funding for workforce investment programs in California, it should establish procedures by December 31, 2015, that include, at a minimum, the following: - The methods it will use to identify federal grant opportunities. - The factors it will consider in its decisions to pursue or forgo applying for these grants. - The process by which it will document its analyses of grants and its final decisions to either pursue or forgo grant opportunities. - A method for ensuring that the process is consistently implemented.	Fully Implemented
4	To ensure that the State maximizes federal funding opportunities related to workforce investment, EDD and the state board should formalize their collaborative grant-seeking procedures by December 31, 2015, to clearly define their respective roles and responsibilities in the grant-seeking process.	Fully Implemented

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