Bình luận về đáp ứng Cơ quan Chúng tôi truyền đi một dự thảo của báo cáo này của Đại học Hawaii vào ngày 19 Tháng Hai, 2003. Một bản sao của lá thư chuyển đến trường đại học là bao gồm như là Phụ lục 1. | Response of the Affected Agency Comments on Agency Response We transmitted a draft of this report to the University of Hawaii on February 19 2003. A copy of the transmittal letter to the university is included as Attachment 1. The response of the university is included as Attachment 2. The university agrees with our recommendations and has begun to address the deficiencies noted in the audit. In its response the university stated that the internal control deficiencies related to the John A. Burns School of Medicine s administration and management of contracts with health care organizations resulted mainly from the highly manual and time-consuming nature of preparing budgets and reconciliations and the high turnover of personnel. The university noted that the school of medicine has already taken steps to ensure that the timing of the execution and reconciliation of its contracts will be significantly improved in the near future. Regarding our audit finding on the school of medicine s non-compliance with the university s policies and procedures governing conflict of interest situations the university responded that the medical school will be more stringent and aggressive in ensuring compliance with the established policies and procedures. Finally the university responded that it appreciates our recommendations and will work diligently to correct the audit deficiencies. This is trial version 43 ATTACHMENT 1 STATE OF HAWAII OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR 465 s. King Street Room 500 Honolulu Hawaii 96813-2917 MARION M. HIGA State Auditor 808 587-0800 FAX 808 587-0830 February 19 2003 COPY The Honorable Evan s. Dobelle President University of Hawaii Bachman Hall 2444 Dole Street Honolulu Hawaii 96822 Dear President Dobelle Enclosed for your information are three copies numbered 6 to 8 of our confidential draft report Financial Audit of the John A. Burns School of Medicine of the University of Hawaii. We ask that you telephone us by Friday February 21 2003 on .
