Report I2017-1 Recommendation 19 Responses
Report I2017-1: Investigations of Improper Activities by State Agencies and Employees: Misuse of Resources, Inaccurate Attendance Records, Disclosure of Confidential Information, and Improper Payments (Release Date: March 2017)
Case Number I2016-0015
Recommendation #19 To: Corrections and Rehabilitation, Department of
CDCR should train all employees, supervisors, and personnel staff who receive, approve, or issue the extra pay to ensure that they are familiar with the requirements of the IWSP procedure and Pay Differential 67.
Agency Response From December 2022
CDCR reported that it has updated its IWSP procedural manual in December 2022 and has required its personnel staff, IWSP recipients, and their managers to complete the mandatory IWSP training by December 31, 2022.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Fully Implemented
Agency Response From October 2022
CDCR reported that it would conduct training on its updated IWSP procedures for all personnel staff, IWSP supervisors, and their managers by December 31, 2022.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented
Agency Response From November 2021
CDCR reported that it will conduct training for all personnel staff, IWSP supervisors, and their managers by July 31, 2022.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented
Agency Response From October 2020
CDCR reported that it updated its IWSP procedures in December 2019 and distributed them to its personnel offices. It did not provide any information on whether it provided training on the updated procedures to applicable staff.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented
Agency Response From November 2019
As CDCR again revised the completion date for its IWSP procedural manual, it subsequently revised the completion date for the relevant training.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented
Agency Response From November 2018
CDCR reported that because it revised the completion date for its IWSP procedural manual, it also revised the completion date of the relevant training to May 31, 2019.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented
Agency Response From January 2018
In January 2018, Correctional Health Care reported that it is committed to releasing its IWSP Policy and Procedure, which it has already developed and approved. The policy will provide definitions, eligibility criteria, and procedures for IWSP to all Correctional Health Care employees. Once Correctional Health Care releases its policy, it stated that it will reinforce the policy through required training for appropriate managers, supervisors, and staff.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented
Agency Response From November 2017
In May 2017, Correctional Health Care reported that it had not released its IWSP policy yet because it was making changes to incorporate new language from a memorandum of understanding. Correctional Health Care stated it would ensure that all impacted staff members are trained on the new policy once it is released. Although Correctional Health Care stated that it did not have an anticipated release date for the policy, it indicated that human resource personnel administrators would provide a timeline for training after the policy's release.
CDCR reported that all assigned employees and supervisors who receive or approve IWSP at the CIW completed training in May 2017. CDCR provided a training participation sign-in sheet for all employees who attended the training. CDCR also reported that CIW would monitor for new employees requiring IWSP training. CDCR further reported that it is revising and updating the IWSP procedural manual. CDCR stated that once its IWSP procedures are updated, the office of personnel services anticipates completing training for CDCR personnel offices department-wide by February 28, 2018.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented
Agency Response From November 2017
CDCR reported that because it had revised the completion date for its IWSP procedural manual, it had revised the completion date of its training to May 31, 2019.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented
Agency Response From April 2017
In January 2017, Correctional Health Care reported that it would release its own IWSP policy and stated that it would reinforce the policy through training with the appropriate managers and supervisors and with Correctional Health Care human resource staff who approve, issue, or receive the IWSP pay.
In April 2017, CDCR reported that personnel staff at CIW were trained on March 1, 2017, about the requirements of the IWSP procedure and Pay Differential 67. In addition, it stated that all employees and supervisors who receive or approve IWSP pay will be trained by May 31, 2017. However, CDCR did not provide an update regarding whether Correctional Health Care has disseminated its own IWSP policy and whether its staff have been trained.