Topic: Internal Audit Service
1 in 3 government emails unanswered, investigation finds
Government departments failed to respond to one in three emails sent as part of an internal investigation into civil service responsiveness.
Hospital overtime investigation remains under wraps
A government report into the possible abuse of overtime by security staff at the Health Services Authority cannot be released until a criminal investigation on the matter is complete, the Ombudsman has ruled.
Department of Environmental Health audit: Report highlights overtime abuse
Substantial mismanagement and widespread abuse of the system are blamed for an 800 percent overspend on overtime at the Department of Environmental Health in an internal government audit.
Hospital security staff suspended in overtime probe
The Cayman Islands government’s Internal Audit Service is looking into “irregularities” in overtime payments made to security officers working at the Health Services Authority, the Cayman Compass has confirmed.
Cayman Airways ‘susceptible to losses’ on credit transactions
Incomplete documentation for certain customer accounts and a lack of demand letters sent to credit customers that did not repay Cayman Airways for services has left the national airline open for financial losses, a government report has noted.
Audit reveals ‘immediate threat’ to Cabinet member
An ‘immediate threat’ to an unidentified Cayman Islands Cabinet member required the expenditure of more than $50,000 for security services, according to a July report made public recently by the government’s Internal Audit Service.
Audit: Liquor Board reversed decision, altered minutes
An inquiry into Grand Cayman’s Liquor Licensing Board has concluded that it approved a gas station’s application to sell alcohol on Sundays, then quietly reversed the decision and doctored official records.
Civil servants read to Lighthouse students
Civil servants celebrated International Literacy Day on Sept. 8 by reading aloud to students at the Lighthouse School and donating 23 books to the school’s library.
Government seeks $15.9 million in unpaid bills
Despite debts piling up for healthcare patients, garbage collection fees and other public services for years, the Cayman Islands government has not been aggressive about collecting the millions it is owed.
Barkers ‘park rangers’ get government contract, form landscaping company
A group of people hired to help clean up West Bay’s Barkers area during 2011-2013 as government-sponsored “park rangers” later formed a private landscaping company, which received a public sector contract in mid-2015 that did not include the Barkers area.
25,000 vehicles with ‘expired’ registrations, $14.9 million lost in uncollected DVDL fees
The Cayman Islands Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing repeatedly failed to perform one of its most basic functions properly, contravening the Traffic Law and costing the public purse millions in uncollected fees, the Cayman Compass can reveal.
DVDL cash handling ‘accountability’ questioned
Certain cash-handling procedures in the Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing raised red flags for internal audit staff who reviewed the department in October 2016. In one of the procedures, the audit staff described a “lack of accountability.”
