News

• Portland makes progress towards better regulation of short-term rental market

• Portland Building Contract: Costs reviewed were consistent with contract, although required cost classification and calculations for final payment need to start now

• The City has improved oversight of the Regional Arts and Culture Council

• Police Overtime: Management is lax despite high overtime use

• Bureau of Environmental Services slow to act on private stormwater recommendations

• Risk Management slow to implement audit recommendations

• Transportation made some improvements in assessing neighborhood impact

• Portland Housing Bond: Early implementation results mostly encouraging

• Portland Building Follow-up: Greater public transparency needed about project costs, trade-offs, and missed equity requirement

• Fixing our Streets: Some accountability commitments not fulfilled

• Portland Parks Golf: Changes needed to ensure long-term sustainability

• Police Bureau ended the most active list of gang members and associates

• Police Bureau still needs to evaluate the effectiveness of traffic stops

• Recreational Cannabis Tax: Greater transparency and accountability needed

• No improvement on City Recreation scholarship policies, funding, and communication

• City action on Americans with Disabilities Act coordination among bureaus is lagging

• Improved communications and data needed for cleanups of homeless camps

• Transportation Bureau still has not analyzed service data

• Planning and evaluation needed to confirm success of restoration projects and green streets

• City's approach to data loss prevention is sound but its practices should be strengthened

• Enforcement of short-term rental regulation is lax and effect on housing crisis unknown

• City reliance on property owners for private stormwater management requires review of risks and results

• Improvements made to Police training program

• Clear City goals aligned with strong Arts Council strategy will improve arts and culture services

• Police must show Gang Enforcement is effective, and improve accountability and transparency

• Transportation has an inclusive planning process for street improvements, but should improve neighborhood impact work

• Recreation scholarships should be planned, budgeted and evaluated

• Audit Services will be presenting our three most recent audits at City Council today - Utility Payments, Prosper Portland, and Housing Bureau. Here’s a video sneak peek about our Prosper Portland Audit

• Housing Bureau’s improved monitoring helps protect investments

• Disciplined property management needed for Prosper Portland to achieve financial goals, equitable outcomes

• Program improvements would enable more utility payment assistance

• Implementation phase of Tree Code shows progress and pitfalls

• Audit of the Auditor - Audit Services Division's successful 2017 Peer Review

• Narrow focus limits safety and loss prevention programs

• City Auditor releases new audit schedule for 2017-18

• Half of respondents on translated survey say City is doing a good job

• City should focus on infrastructure – Portland Financial Condition report

• Professional association says Portland audit among best in 2016

• Audit recommendations resonate in wake of Uber news

• City faced with important post-planning decisions in Portland Building reconstruction

• Coordination gaps complicate City’s response to Americans with Disabilities Act

• Portlanders’ ratings of city livability drop to new low

• Accountability limited, rules and funding model outdated in Community and Neighborhood Involvement

• City needs to monitor service, not just safety, in transportation network and taxicab companies

• Risks in managing the City’s workforce identified by auditors

• Costs and outcomes of City's green building program need more attention

• Auditors find few issues with use of City procurement cards

• City Auditor releases new audit schedule for 2016-17

• City should follow policy and charge for services to Presidential campaign visits

• Payment card audit: City meets security standard

• Technology Projects audit - Highlights

• City Council grants audit - Highlights

• Portland Development Commission on-call contracts audit - Highlights