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Government Auditing Standards require peer reviews every three years. International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing require peer reviews every five years. These are the organizations that have undergone a peer review by ALGA in accordance with one or both of these standards.
These are the organizations that have undergone a peer review by ALGA With links to recent Peer Review Reports Last updated May 3, 2010 (Organizations with an asterisk have been reviewed more than once. Year shown is most recent peer review) Counties
Allegheny County (2010) (Report) Anne Arundel County* (2009) Berks County, Pennsylvania (2003) (Report - 2.5Mb) Charles County, Maryland (2009) (Report - 1.3mb) Chester County, Pennsylvania* (2008)
Chesterfield County, Virginia*(2008) (Report - 1.2 mb) Clark County, Nevada*(2009) (Report - 300kb) Deschutes County, Oregon*(2008) (Report - 1.6mb) Erie County, New York (1991) Fairfax County, Virginia* (2009) (Report - 430k) Frederick County, Maryland* (2008) (Report - 740Kb) Guilford County, North Carolina (2008) (Report - 2 Mb) Hanover County, Virginia (2009) (Report - 4.1mb) Jackson County, Oregon*(2008) (Report - 1.2 mb)
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania* (2008) Miami-Dade County Office of the Commission Auditor, Florida (2009) Milwaukee County, Wisconsin* (2007) (Report) Montgomery County, Maryland* (2004) Multnomah County, Oregon*(2008) (Report - 140k) Northampton County, Pennsylvania*(2010) (Report) Orange County, Florida* (2009)
Palm Beach County (2007) Snohomish County, Washington* (2006) (Report) Stanislaus County, California (2006) Suffolk County, New York* (2007) Summit County, Ohio (2007) (Report) Travis County, Texas (1997) Wake County, North Carolina (2008) Wayne County, Michigan* (2008) (Report - 2 mb) Wyandotte County, Kansas (2008) (Report - 480kb)
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New Regions & Coordinators
After analyzing historical trends in peer review activity, and guesstimating future demand, the Peer Review Committee is moving from four regions to six. These changes will be effective July 1, 2010. If you are already working with a coordinator on a review, you will likely continue to work with that same coordinator. If not, your current coordinator will work with you on the transition. Here are the new regions:
REGION/COORDINATOR
STATES/DISTRICTS/NATIONS
I - Lisa Skapura1
Canada, Connecticut , Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
II - TBD2
Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina,Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
III - Gary Chapman
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi
IV - Alan Gutowski
Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Texas, Wisconsin
V - Erin Kenney
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
VI - Matt Weller
Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada
1In addition to coordinating region I, Lisa Skapura is the coordinator for all Red Book peer reviews.
2The committee is working on a coordinator for region II at this time. As soon as a coordinator is selected, contact information will be posted on the ALGA web site. In the meantime, shops in region II should contact the committee chair to request a peer review.
Committee Membership Changes
The term of the peer review committee chair is two years and it was two years ago that Alan Ash completed his outstanding work leading the committee. So, beginning in July Drew Harmon will take over committee leadership. Drew is one of the most experienced and committed reviewers and review coordinators ALGA has ever had. For Drew, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that two new members are joining the committee, Kelly Hammond and Wendy Simeon. Both are trained, experienced reviewers that will be great additions to the committee. The bad news is that the committee is losing Theresa Weatherman and LaVonne Griffin-Valade. Both Theresa and LaVonne have done a tremendous job working on committee projects, writing and revising review guides, and coordinating reviews.
Training
This has been a huge year for peer review training. In addition to the pre-conference workshop, training occurred at the fall 2009 Virginia Local Government Auditors Association conference, and at ALGAs regional training events in Phoenix and Portland. Over 100 attended training this year. The committee also provided a breakout session on Red Book peer reviews at the conference.
Red Book Review Guide
As announced at the conference, the Red Book Review Guide is complete. By the time this quarterly is printed, the revised guide should be posted on the web site.
Government Auditing Standards, Exposure Draft
GAO anticipates issuing an exposure draft of revised Government Auditing Standards this summer. After a comment period and further revisions, new standards are expected in early 2011. As soon as the new standards are issued, the Peer Review Committee will get to work on revisions to the Review Guide. Along with updating the Review Guide, the committee will update the workshop training materials.
Mike Taylor is the Peer Review Committee Chair