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Ohio Office of Auditor of State

Qualified Opinion Included in State of Ohio Audit

Auditor Faber’s Office issued a qualified opinion on the Unemployment Compensation Fund, and Business-Type Activities opinion units in the State of Ohio’s financial statements due to internal control weaknesses related to recipient eligibility and claims processing of unemployment benefits. A qualified opinion indicates the auditors could not be assured the financials for these opinion units are fairly presented, in all material respects, based on the issues identified. This is a significant qualification.
Ohio Office of Auditor of State

Ohio Department of Health COVID-19 Data - Performance Audit

This audit is part of a multi-state project to examine data related to COVID-19. This effort was a collaboration among State Auditor offices from Delaware, Florida, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Ohio and was developed with assistance from the National State Auditors Association.
Louisiana Legislative Auditor

Integrity of Data Reported on the COVID-19 Dashboard

Overall, we found that while OPH has processes to ensure data on the number of positive cases and deaths is not over-reported on its dashboard, laboratories did not always submit all COVID-19 test results to OPH, and the results they did provide were not always submitted in a timely manner.
Department of Health & Human Services OIG

Race and Ethnicity Data for Medicare Beneficiaries

Accurate, complete, and appropriately detailed race and ethnicity data for Medicare beneficiaries are critical to identifying and mitigating health disparities. As racial and ethnic disparities have emerged among those impacted by COVID-19, the availability and quality of data on race and ethnicity has garnered greater attention and scrutiny. This study will describe the extent to which Medicare's race and ethnicity data for beneficiaries are complete and accurate. We will compare these data to data from other sources. We will also determine the extent to which the Medicare beneficiary race and ethnicity data align with Federal data standards.

Delaware Office of the State Auditor

Delaware's COVID-19 Data Dashboard Opportunities and Successes: How Well Does Delaware's Data Tool Allow for an Accurate and Timely Response to the Pandemic?

The Office of the Auditor of Accounts Office (OAOA) prepared this special report to review Delaware’s public reporting of COVID-19 data. The objective was to provide a clear and unbiased assessment of the public health efforts carried out by the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) in the early stages of the pandemic, March 11, 2020 through June 30, 2020. This includes when the state first made information about testing and cases publicly available on a data dashboard.
District of Columbia Office of the Auditor

The District's COVID-19 Data Reporting is Strong but Opportunities Exist for Improvement and Increased Transparency

To contribute to the D.C. Department of Health’s (DC Health)2 efforts to inform the public of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on District residents and the District’s efforts to contain the spread of the virus, the Office of the D.C. Auditor (ODCA) has compiled the following report, “The District’s COVID-19 Data Reporting is Strong but Opportunities Exist for Improvement and Increased Transparency.” The government’s dissemination of accurate, real-time data is essential to control the spread of COVID-19.
Pandemic Response Accountability Committee

Transparency in Pandemic-Related Federal Spending: Report of Alignment and Gaps

A commissioned study that identifies gaps in federal data sources and how we can close them to improve the quality of the information we provide to the public.
Delaware Office of the State Auditor

National COVID-19 Data Quality Audit Template

In July 2020, Delaware State Auditor Kathy McGuiness announced the creation of a national COVID-19 Data Quality Audit Template. The template was created as part of a bipartisan, multistate effort with auditor’s offices from Florida, Mississippi, Ohio and Pennsylvania in order to create a uniform approach to data collection, reporting, and monitoring of COVID-19 across the country. Several auditor’s offices across the country have released reports specifically using the COVID-19 Data Quality Audit Template. The goal for this report is to evaluate released reports for common issues that can...