New committee tasked with ensuring ODOT audit findings are corrected

A new Audit Accountability Committee will hold the Oregon Department of Transportation responsible for following through on audit corrections.
Los Angeles Times

Council’s Audit Committee meetings won’t be televised

The Glendale City Council this week voted against televising the meetings of a committee appointed to audit city operations, maintaining the commission’s distinction as the only one without a regular ...
Houston Chronicle

Houston ISD's audit committee holds public meeting after decision reversal

Houston ISD's audit committee held a public meeting Friday after it reversed its decision to hold closed meetings "in response to public feedback" following a Houston Chronicle article. The Chronicle ...
Houston Chronicle

Houston ISD’s audit committee has held public meetings for more than 17 years. It no longer will.

Houston ISD’s audit committee — a group of appointed board members who say they are committed to transparency and oversight of the district — will no longer be meeting publicly after more than 17 ...

Committee refers Stockton contracts to state controller as forensic audit canceled

Two consulting contracts signed by former Stockton Interim City Manager Steve Colangelo were referred to the California State ...
abc13

Houston ISD audit committee meetings open to the public after pushback

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Education activist Sarah Terrell is among many who were unhappy to learn that the Houston ISD audit committee, the team charged with being the district's financial check and ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta audit committee’s private meetings an apparent violation of law

For years, the committee that oversees the City of Atlanta’s independent auditor charged with making government more accountable, cost-effective and transparent has held its meetings in private ...
Accounting Today

PCAOB offers feedback from audit committee heads

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has released a document providing information from its conversations with nearly 400 chairs of audit committees at companies about their views on audit ...
JournalofAccountancy

Eight Habits of Highly Effective Audit Committees

To ensure that your committee is up to its mission, you must first define the mission by drafting a strong charter that identifies audit committee functions, authority and responsibilities, along with ...
recordnet

Stockton audit committee escalates RTD presentation dispute to state controller

The Council Audit Committee voted to forward concerns about oversight of Stockton City Council meetings to the California State Controller's Office after a dispute over a San Joaquin Regional Transit ...
JD Supra

Blog: Audit committee chairs identify effective practices for audit quality improvement

In December, the PCAOB posted a report on the results of its 2019 conversations with almost 400 audit committee chairs, focused on audit committee perspectives on audit quality assessment and ...