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2003 Peer Review Guide Print E-mail

Written by Alan Ash,


The Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA) is committed to improving the quality of auditing in local government. We encourage local auditors to adopt and follow Government Auditing Standards (GAS) issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. ALGA’s peer review program is intended to help member organizations in their efforts to meet these standards. Peer review is a benefit of ALGA membership. We encourage members to use this guide for self-assessment and to prepare for and undergo a peer review. Use of the ALGA Peer Review Guide for peer reviews that are not administered through ALGA is prohibited.
GAS requires audit organizations to have an external peer review at least once every three years. As stated in GAS, the external peer review should determine whether, during the period under review, the reviewed audit organization’s internal quality control system was adequate and whether quality control polices and procedures were being complied with to provide the audit organization with reasonable assurance of conforming with applicable professional standards. We have designed the forms contained in the ALGA Peer Review Guide to assist reviewers in making this determination. Audit organizations should take remedial, corrective actions as needed based on the results of the peer review.

An audit organization can use the ALGA Peer Review Guide as a tool to conduct a self-assessment. By completing the Audit Organization Description of its Quality Control System (QCS Description), an organization can identify weaknesses in its internal quality control system and develop improved procedures to help ensure compliance with standards. Audit organizations are advised to conduct such an assessment and have controls in place before undergoing an external peer review.

ALGA would like to acknowledge the following members of Peer Review Committee for their efforts in preparing the Peer Review Guide:

Alan Ash, Review Coordinator, City Auditor, Gainesville, FL
Mike Edmonds, Review Coordinator, Supervising Auditor, San Jose, CA
Bill Greene, At-Large Member, Deputy City Auditor, Phoenix, AZ
Joanne Griggs, Review Coordinator, City Auditor, Virginia Beach, VA
Amanda Noble, Review Coordinator, Audit Supervisor, Kansas City, MO
Doug Norman, At-Large Member, Senior Management Auditor, Portland, OR
Susan Reed, At-Large Member, Lifetime ALGA Member
Mike Taylor, At-Large Member, City Auditor, Stockton, CA
Jim Williamson, Chairman, Assistant City Auditor, Oklahoma City, OK

If you have questions regarding the ALGA Peer Review Program, the ALGA Peer Review Guide, or if you would like to schedule a peer review, please contact a current Peer Review Committee member. Peer Review Committee member contact information can be obtained from the ALGA web site or Member Services.

 

Copyright © 2004, by the Association of Local Government Auditors - All rights reserved

The text and/or forms contained in this publication may not be reproduced without written permission from the
Association of Local Government Auditors.
First Printing, October 1991
Second Printing, May 1995
Third Printing, May 2004
Entire Guide in one pdf file (1.3 mb)

Peer Review Guide (in separate documents - Word, Powerpoint, Excel)

A. Cover Page
B. Copyright

I. Overview And Instructions

A. Purpose And Objectives
B. Overview Of The Peer Review Process
C. Instructions
D. Summary Of Steps And Forms

II. Forms, Checklists And Example Documents To Be Completed During The Review


1. Requested Information
2. List Of Audits, Engagements And Nonaudit Services
3. Personal Impairment Flowchart

F. Audit Organization Description Of Quality Control System
G. Review Of Audit Organization’s Quality Control System
H. Review Of Audit/Engagement Documentation
I. Summary Of Exceptions
J. Suggested Report Format:

1. Full Compliance
2. Satisfactory Compliance
3. Noncompliance

K. Suggested Management Letter Format
L. Suggested Report Cover
M. Peer Review Survey





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1. 05-09-2007 08:44

Minor changes to the Guide
A - the report cover and II - L still have the old logo on them. Should be updated to the new logo. 
 
II - H of the guide is the Review of Engagement working paper and it would be helpful to have a line added to the first page for the project being reviewed. 
 
The Guide online is a great resource. 
 
Thanks 
JS
Jerry Shaubel

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