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 Report  TypeDate IssuedReport Title / Summary / Presentation
Audit01/2026

Speed Reduction

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Audit12/2025

Aviation Contract and Vendor Management

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Audit12/2025Badge Management and Access Control - Confidential
Special Request10/2025Pedestrian Crash Response and Reporting
Audit10/2025Austin SMBR Program
Audit09/2025

Austin Resource Recovery’s Recycling and Composting Education

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Audit09/2025

Lobbyist Compliance 2025

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Special Request07/2025Nonprofit Funding
Audit05/2025

APD License Plate Reader

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Audit05/2025Identity and Access Management - Confidential
Audit05/2025

Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Complaints

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Audit04/2025

Austin Police Department Recruiting and Hiring

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Audit03/2025

Water Main Maintenance and Replacement

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Audit03/2025

Extreme Heat Preparedness

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Special Request03/2025Ball and Soccer Field Contracts
Audit02/2025

Succession Planning

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Audit11/2024City External Penetration Testing - Confidential
Audit11/2024

Employee Travel Reimbursements

Summary: Highlights     Watch: Video

Special Request11/2024International Relations
Special Request10/2024Homeownership Assistance
Special Request10/2024Economic Development Department Culture and Arts Funding
Special Report10/2024

Aviation Risk Assessment

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Audit08/2024

Citywide Retention

Summary: Highlights     Watch: Video

Audit08/2024

Electric Scooter Enforcement Program

Summary: Highlights     Watch: Video

Special Request07/2024

Homelessness Assistance Outcomes Follow-Up

Summary: Highlights     Watch: Video

Audit07/2024City Handling of Sensitive Data - Confidential
Special Request07/2024Workforce Diversity
Audit05/2024

Criminal Background Investigations

Summary: Highlights     Watch: Video

Special Request04/2024Office Conversions
Audit03/2024

Austin Energy Medically Vulnerable Registry

Summary: Highlights     Watch: Video

Special Report03/2024

City of Austin Ethics, Compliance and Culture Summary Report

Summary: Highlights     Watch: Video

Special Request03/2024911 Call Taking During High Demand
Audit12/2023

Development Services Follow-Up

Summary: Highlights     Watch: Video

Special Request11/2023Effects of Traffic Patrol on Road Safety
Special Request10/2023Anonymous Complaints of Misconduct by Police Officers
Audit09/2023

Austin Animal Center

Consultant Report: Austin Animal Center Animal Shelter Evaluation

Summary: Highlights      Watch: Video

Audit09/2023

Austin Energy’s Vegetation Management

Summary: Highlights      Watch: Video

Audit08/2023IT Audit Follow-Up - Confidential
Audit08/2023

Public Information Responses

Summary: Highlights      Watch: Video

Audit07/2023

Data Reliability

Summary: Highlights      Watch: Video

Special Request07/2023City Financial Reserves
Special Request06/2023Planning and Development Notification Process
Audit05/2023

Language Access Follow-Up

Summary: Highlights      Watch: Video

Audit05/2023

Wildfire Preparedness Audit Follow-Up

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Audit04/2023

Austin Fire Department Overtime

Summary: Highlights      Watch: Video

Special Request04/2023

Boards and Commissions

NOTE: Updated 06/2023 with peer city analysis

Audit03/2023

Strategic Direction 2023: Progress on Economic Opportunity and Affordability Outcome

Summary: Highlights      Watch: Video

Special Request03/2023Lifeguard Hiring
Special Report01/2023

External Review of Austin Water Quality Events

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Audit12/2022

Emergency Shelters for Dangerous Temperatures

Summary: Highlights        Watch: Video

Special Request11/2022

Airport Leases and Community Benefits

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Audit10/2022

City Services for Older Adults

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Special Request09/2022Transportation Demand Management
Audit08/2022

Animal Services Program Audit Follow-Up

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Special Request07/2022Recruitment and Retention for Commercial Driver and Janitorial Positions
Audit05/2022

Code Department Follow-Up

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Audit05/2022

Online Resources Follow-Up

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Audit04/2022

Lobbyist Compliance: Filings Are Largely Compliant, But City Code Does Not Require Reporting Virtual Meetings

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Special Request04/2022Crashes Involving City-Owned Vehicles
Audit03/2022Microsoft 365 Security - Confidential
Audit02/2022

Workforce Development Follow-Up

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Audit02/2022

Traffic Safety Follow-Up

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Audit02/2022

City Utility Street Cut Repairs Follow-Up

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Special Request02/2022Customer Assistance Program Eligibility for Utility Bill Discounts
Audit11/2021

Disaster Preparedness: The City Was Unprepared to Respond to Winter Storm Uri

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Audit11/2021

Economic Recovery Funds: City Effectively Managed COVID-19 Relief Money

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Audit10/2021

City Technology Purchases

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Audit09/2021

PARD Strategic Planning Follow-Up

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Special Request09/2021Homelessness Spending
Audit08/2021

Interlocal Agreements

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Audit08/2021

City Recruiting and Hiring Efforts

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Audit07/2021

Austin Police Department's Early Intervention System for Officers

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Special Request04/2021Convention Center Financial Review
Audit03/2021

Police Oversight Follow-Up

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Audit03/2021

Homelessness Assistance Follow-Up

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Audit01/2021

Citywide Pagers

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Special Request12/2020Code Inspections
Audit11/2020

Software Licenses

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Audit10/2020

Austin Code Department Repeat Offender Program

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Audit09/2020

311 Customer Service

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Audit09/2020

Mexic-Arte Contract Monitoring

Summary: Highlights         Watch: Video

Risk Assessment09/2020Coronavirus Response Risk Assessment
Audit08/2020

Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit08/2020

City Cultural Centers

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video 

Audit05/2020Impact of Community Policing Efforts

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video
Special Request04/2020Appraisal District Property Value Updates
Audit02/2020

911 Operations

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit01/2020

Effectiveness of Financing Tools for Economic Development

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit01/2020

Vehicle Purchase and Replacement

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit01/2020

City Efforts to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit 01/2020Fiscal Year 2019 Follow-Up
Audit12/2019

City Social Service Contracting Process

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit11/2019

Lobbyist Compliance

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Special Request10/2019Citizen Initiatives
Audit10/2019

Access to Mental Health Services

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit10/2019

Wildfire Preparedness

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Special Report09/2019

Criminal Justice Information Security Compliance

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Audit09/2019

Traffic Safety: Design and Education

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Special Report08/2019Community Policing Audit Update
Audit08/2019

Permitting Process Improvements

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit06/2019

Austin Police Department Body-Worn Cameras

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit05/2019

City Leases

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit05/2019

Sidewalk Projects

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit04/2019

Fiscal Year 2019 Follow-Up

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Audit02/2019Information Security Management - Confidential
Audit02/2019

Lobbyist Compliance

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Special Report02/2019

Homelessness Assistance Audit Series

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit02/2019

Homelessness Assistance (Series): Outcomes of City Efforts

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit12/2018

Home Repair Programs

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit12/2018

City Coordination in the Right of Way

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit12/2018

Austin Transportation Department Cash Handling Practices

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Special Report10/2018

City Contracting Practices

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit10/2018

Fiscal Year 2018 Follow-Up

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit09/2018

Contract Audit: African American Youth Harvest Foundation

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit09/2018

Austin Police Department's Response to Mental Health-Related Incidents

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit09/2018

Cultural Arts Contract Monitoring

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Special Request09/2018Legal Departments in Peer Cities
Audit08/2018

Traffic Enforcement

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit06/2018

Austin Police Department Handling of Complaints Follow-Up Audit

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Audit06/2018

Effectiveness of Citizen Police Oversight

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit06/2018

Contract Audit: Visit Austin

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit05/2018

Homelessness Assistance (Series): Allocation of City Resources

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Special Request03/2018Domain Chapter 380 Agreement
Special Request03/2018Water Meter Reading and Billing Accuracy
Audit03/2018

On-Call Utilization

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit03/2018

Austin Energy Cable Inventory Management

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Special Report01/2018City Efforts to Address Displacement and Gentrification
Audit01/2018

Matched Savings Account Program

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit12/2017

Homelessness Assistance (Series): Coordination of the City's Homelessness Assistance Efforts

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit12/2017

Austin Public Health Neighborhood Centers

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit11/2017

Workforce Development

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit11/2017

Homelessness Assistance (Series): City Policies Related to Homelessness

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit11/2017

Fee Waivers

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit10/2017

Fiscal Year 2017 Follow-Up Audit - Part 2

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit10/2017

Online Access to City Services

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit09/2017

Capital Project Delivery Process

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit08/2017

Demolition Permits

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Special Report08/2017Status Update of the Audit of Austin Fire Department Overtime
Special Request08/2017Police and Fire Labor Agreements
Special Request07/2017Driving While Intoxicated Incidents
Audit05/2017Management of User Access for the Utility Billing SystemConfidential
Audit05/2017

Fleet Preventive Maintenance for Light Duty Vehicles

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit03/2017

Fiscal Year 2017 Follow-Up Audit - Part 1

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit03/2017

Parks and Recreation Department Cash Handling

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit03/2017

City Utility Street Cut Repairs

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit03/2017

Harassment, Discrimination, and Retaliation Investigation Practices

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Special Report03/2017

Affordability Review Project: Inventory of City Programs and Initiatives

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Audit02/2017

Historic Preservation Program

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit02/2017

Development Agreements Monitoring

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Audit02/2017

Flood Buyout Program

Summary: Highlights          Watch: Video

Special Report12/2016

Affordability District Profiles

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Audit11/2016

Neighborhood Planning

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Audit11/2016

Employee Health Claims and Eligibility

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Audit09/2016

Stormwater Infrastructure Management

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Audit09/2016

Management of User Access for the Human Resources Management System

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Audit09/2016

Austin Police Department's Handling of Complaints

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Audit09/2016

Parks and Recreation Department Resource Allocation

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Special Request07/2016Alternatives to Incarceration at Municipal Court
Audit06/2016

Bridge Safety

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Audit06/2016

Austin Water Central Stores Inventory Management

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Audit06/2016

Language Access

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Special Request06/2016Planned Unit Development (PUD) Application Process
Audit04/2016

Transportation Effectiveness

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Audit04/2016

City of Austin Utility Customer Care

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Audit04/2016

Consistency of Austin Code Investigations and Resolutions

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Audit01/2016

Three Year Follow-Up Audit

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Audit12/2015

Airport Construction Projects

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Audit11/2015

Prioritization of Affordable Housing Development

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Audit10/2015

Austin Energy Low-Income Weatherization Program

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