Reports

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.

This report provides the results of our analysis of how local government revenues will be affected by the economic downturn currently under way in Louisiana resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the reduction of oil prices. Specifically, this report provides estimates of how the current economic crisis will impact local government finances, particularly through sales and ad valorem tax collections, as well as mineral related revenues (i.e., severance taxes and mineral royalties).

As a part of our audit of the State of Louisiana’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and our work related to the Single Audit of the State of Louisiana for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, we performed procedures at the Department of the Treasury to provide assurances on financial information that was significant to the state’s ACFR. The Department of Treasury did not consistently follow its policies and procedures for all grants awarded through the Main Street Recovery Program, which provided reimbursement from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund to eligible Louisiana...