Inspector General

The Department of Inspector General (Department) provides management with independent, risk-based, and objective assurance, advice, insight, and foresight. The Department plays a critical role in enhancing the ability of the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) and the Office of the Pasco County Clerk & Comptroller (CCC) to serve the public interest.

Benefits

Internal audits are performed by certified professionals with a general overview and understanding of the organization. Audits provide assurance that:

  • Resources are adequately safeguarded.
  • Departments and programs are operating efficiently, effectively, and economically.
  • Finanical information is reliable.
  • Operations are in compliance with policies, procedures, laws, rules, and regulations.
  • Performance aligns with established strategic objectives and goals.
  • Information technology (IT) risks are adequately managed.

Independence & Objectivity

The Department is positioned at a level in the organization that enables internal audit services to be performed without interference from management, thereby establishing the independence of its functions.

Auditors report to the Inspector General (IG), who reports functionally and administratively to the Clerk & Comptroller. Since the Clerk & Comptroller is an elected constitutional officer, and thus responsible to the citizens and taxpayers of Pasco County, this governance structure supports organizational independence.

Auditors will maintain an unbiased mental attitude that supports the integrity and quality of their work product.

Services Provided

  • Conduct internal audits of BCC and CCC operations.
  • Report significant issues related to compliance and internal controls over BCC and CCC operations, including potential improvements to those processes, by providing recommendations.
  • Consulting services to management such as advising on the design and implementation of new policies, processes, and systems.
  • Maintain mechanisms to receive internal reports of fraud, waste, and abuse of CCC resources.

Authority

By authority of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Article VIII, § 1 (d), "The clerk of the circuit court shall be ex-officio clerk of the board of county commissioners, auditor, recorder and custodian of all county funds." The Constitution of the State of Florida, Article V, § 16, also specifices that the Clerk & Comptroller shall have the duties quoted above.

The Department's audit authority does not include other constitutional officers.