January 4, 2008 DIRECTOR’S NEWS UPDATE DOC AUDIT RESULTS – A JOB WELL DONE Well…after six months of auditing, the I also would like to take a moment to results of the legislative mandated top to thank the auditing firm of MGT as they bottom performance review a.k.a. au- were professional, objective, compre-dit…of the Oklahoma Department of hensive and had a vast body of knowl-Corrections has concluded. edge in our profession which was clearly demonstrated by not only the manner by A sincere and hardy THANK YOU goes which they conducted the audit but by out to all the employees of the depart- the final audit product report. ment who make our agency one of the best in the nation. I believe that our The department provided the auditors a BEST IN THE NATION STATUS is self analysis of weaknesses and strengths confirmed by this audit process. Also, a in preparation for the audit. Also, results thank you must be given to our prede- from our Quality Assurance process cessors who have retired etc., as we did were shared. This was all prepared in an not become one of the best without their effort to increase transparency and to efforts. I know many employees had an assist the auditors with this monumental opportunity to visit with auditors as you task. If we receive permission to do so, have shared some of the auditors’ com- the complete audit will be indexed and ments with me. Auditor comments as placed on our ...