Financial Audit of the John A. Burns School of Medicine of the University of Hawaii_part6 pot

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Agency Response
Response of the Affected Agency
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.
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