Audit Services

The Office of Audit and Management Advisory Services develops an annual audit plan using a risk assessment process. The plan is approved by both the Vice President of Administration and Finance and the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees. We also welcome suggestions from any Gallaudet University personnel regarding departments or processes to consider for inclusion in the audit plan. Suggestions may be sent to our office in writing or through e-mail. Any University employees who are aware of any misappropriation or wrongdoing should always notify our office immediately.

Audit and Management Advisory Services recognizes the need to provide assistance to campus departments to solve problems or identify opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations. Our office is always available to discuss special project requests with management to meet their specific needs.

All the audit work we perform is based upon the relative risk of an activity or a process, and its potential exposure to the University. This exposure can be in areas such as fraud, loss, errors, inefficiency, non-compliance with the law and/or ineffective operations. Once we identify an area of risk, our audit approach will vary. We use different audit tools for different issues, all of which are focused on reducing risk and improving efficiency and effectiveness of campus operations. Two examples of audit services we provide are:

• Compliance audits, which include determining compliance with the laws, and verifying that control procedures are performed as expected.  


• Process audits, which are comprehensive analyses and appraisals of all phases of academic or business activities in order to provide management appropriate recommendations concerning the activities/processes review