2.2-1601 - Duties of the Department. - Virginia Statutes

§ 2.2-1601. Duties of the Department.

A. The Department shall have the following duties to:

1. Establish state policies, standards, and procedures that will ensure aneffective internal audit program in all state agencies;

2. Provide technical information to state agencies concerning trends and newtechniques in internal auditing;

3. Develop evaluative tools and other modern methods to assist agencyinternal auditors in performing audits;

4. Assist state agencies in developing and implementing automated dataprocessing internal audit programs in the Commonwealth;

5. Provide general technical and audit assistance to agency internal auditorsand to the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Governor on request;

6. Assist agency heads and collegial bodies in establishing and operatinginternal audit organizations;

7. Assist in the professional development of agency internal auditors bydeveloping and conducting training programs;

8. Examine the adequacy of agency internal audit programs through periodicassessments of such programs and provide the Governor, Governor'sSecretaries, the State Comptroller, the Director of the Department ofPlanning and Budget, and agency heads with the results of such assessments;

9. Develop, in conjunction with the State Comptroller, the Auditor of PublicAccounts, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, and otherappropriate state officials, a plan for accommodating the internal auditneeds of agencies that do not require full-time internal auditors; and

10. Prepare a biennial report for the Governor, Governor's Secretaries,Auditor of Public Accounts, and appropriate agency heads on the status ofagency internal audit programs generally, and on agency adherence to otherlegislative requirements on internal auditing.

B. The provisions of subsection A shall not infringe upon responsibilitiesassigned to the Comptroller, the Auditor of Public Accounts, or the JointLegislative Audit and Review Commission by other provisions of the Code ofVirginia.

(1985, c. 72, § 2.1-234.32; 1990, c. 467; 2001, c. 844.)