Auditor General's 2021 Consolidated Status Report on Outstanding Recommendations

The results of our review were reported to Audit Committee at its meeting on July 7, 2021 and later to Council on July 14-16, 2021. The July 2021 status report on outstanding recommendations is available at: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2021.AU9.6 Separate Follow-Up Report on Cybersecurity Recommendations Given the critical nature of recommendations from the report entitled: "Cyber Safety - Critical Infrastructure Systems: Toronto Water SCADA System" we also dedicated resources to verify implementation of the recommendations in that report. The results of that follow-up are being separately reported to the November 2, 2021 Audit Committee and are not included in the results of this report due to the timing of the work performed. November 2021 Consolidated Status Report on Outstanding Recommendations This report provides an update on our follow-up results since our last report to Audit Committee. Specifically we are reporting on: - Results of recommendations verified at major agencies and corporations (Toronto Transit Commission and Toronto Community Housing Corporation); - Management's actions to implement our recommendations, as of October 1, 2021; and - High priority recommendations that management still needs to implement, as of October 1, 2021. Results of recommendations verified at major agencies and corporations In this round of follow-up, we focused on verifying the status of high priority recommendations management reported as fully implemented at the City's major agencies and corporations. Specifically, at Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC). Table 1 - Consolidated Results of the Auditor General's 2021 Recommendation Follow-Up at Major Agencies and Corporations Status of Recommendations Verified by the Auditor General** Status of Open Recommendations as Reported by Management as of October 1, 2021 Agencies and Corporations FI* N/A* NFI* Total FI (not verified by AGO) N/A NFI Total Toronto Transit Commission 39 2 5 46 35 1 80 116 TCHC 11 1 2 14 3 0 8 11 Total 50 3 7 60 38 1 88 127 *FI = Fully implemented, N/A = No longer relevant, NFI = Not fully implemented **Status of recommendations verified for TTC as of March 2021; status of recommendations verified for TCHC as of June 2021 Management's actions to implement our recommendations (as at October 1, 2021, not yet verified) As at October 1, 2021, there were 209 recommendations (including 86 high priority) reported by management as fully implemented or no longer relevant. These recommendations (for City divisions, agencies and corporations, and recommendations from fraud and waste investigations) still need to be verified by the Auditor General. This highlights that management is taking action to address our recommendations, according to their assessment. High priority recommendations that management needs to implement, as of October 1, 2021 Of the 451 not fully implemented recommendations issued to City divisions and agencies and corporations, 202 are considered high priority. Management's actions to implement these high priority recommendations are included in Attachment 2, Attachment 5 or Confidential Attachment 1.

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