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Private Stormwater Management - Bureau of Environmental Services slow to act on private stormwater recommendations
This is a one-year follow-up to our 2018 report, "Private Stormwater Management: City reliance on property owners requires review of risks and results."
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The City has improved oversight of the Regional Arts and Culture Council
This is a one-year follow-up to our 2018 report, "Regional Arts and Culture Council: Clear City goals aligned with strong Arts Council strategy will improve arts and culture services."
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Streets Improvement Projects - Transportation made some improvements in assessing neighborhood impact
This is a one-year follow-up to our 2018 report, "Streets Improvements Projects: Bureau of Transportation has an inclusive planning process, but should improve assessment of neighborhood impact."
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Risk Management slow to implement audit recommendations
This is a two-year follow-up to our 2017 report, "Risk Management: City loss prevention needs a proactive approach."
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Portland Housing Bond: Early implementation results mostly encouraging
In November 2016, voters gave Portland the go-ahead to borrow $258.4 million to invest in affordable housing to address a growing housing crisis. The goal was to build or buy 1,300 housing units. Our audit found bond implementation is off to a solid start.
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Portland Building Follow-up: Greater public transparency needed about project costs, trade-offs, and missed equity requirement
We identified risk areas during the project’s initial phase and this report follows up on the recommendations from that audit.
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Fixing our Streets: Some accountability commitments not fulfilled
Two years into the program, we assessed how the Bureau of Transportation is delivering on the Fixing our Streets program and accountability commitments.
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Portland Parks Golf: Changes needed to ensure long-term sustainability
Portland Parks and Recreation’s golf program is at a crossroads. Intended to be self-supporting, the program required an infusion of $800,000 of taxpayer funds in 2017 to remain solvent. While Parks improved practices on some fronts, financial risks remain.
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Police Bureau ended the most active list of gang members and associates
This is a one-year follow-up to our 2018 report, "Gang Crime Investigations: Lack of accountability and transparency reduced the community's trust in police."
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Police Bureau still needs to evaluate the effectiveness of traffic stops
This is a one-year follow-up to our 2018 report, "Gang Enforcement Patrol: The Police Bureau must show that traffic stops are effective."
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Recreational Cannabis Tax: Greater transparency and accountability needed
The City should improve the transparency and accountability of the recreational cannabis tax revenue, according to our audit.
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No improvement on City Recreation scholarship policies, funding, and communication
This is a one-year follow-up to our 2018 report, "Recreation Scholarships: Conflicting policy direction and communication barriers limit access."
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City action on Americans with Disabilities Act coordination among bureaus is lagging
This is a two-year follow-up to our 2016 report, "Americans with Disabilities Act: Coordinator gaps complicate City response."
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Transportation Bureau still has not analyzed service data
This is a two-year follow-up to our 2016 report, "Transportation Network Companies and Taxicabs: Transportation Bureau needs to monitor service, not just safety."
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Clean-ups of Homeless Camps: Improved Communications and Data Needed
Portland created a program in 2015 to address some of the impacts of people living in tents and other makeshift shelters on City property. We make recommendations to improve the program’s public information, data, and internal policies.
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Restoration Projects and Green Streets: Planning and evaluation needed to confirm success
Though some specific improvements are undeniable, the Bureau does not have a planning and evaluation framework to quantify and communicate where it has invested those millions and how successful it has been in achieving overall goals for improving environmental health.
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Data Loss Prevention: City's approach is sound but its practices should be strengthened
Overall the City of Portland’s approach to data loss prevention is sound. The audit did, however, identify some vulnerabilities and recommend actions the City can take to strengthen its data security program. Continued progress will help decrease the risk of data loss.
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Short-Term Rental Regulation: Enforcement is lax and effect on housing crisis unknown
Despite concerns about the effect of short-term rentals on housing availability and affordability, the City of Portland does not collect data needed to regulate these rentals and monitor the housing market.
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Private Stormwater Management: City reliance on property owners requires review of risks and results
We found that the Bureau of Environmental Services did not have reliable data on private structures and did not evaluate the effectiveness of its programs. We make recommendations to ensure that the Bureau’s programs to manage stormwater on private property are effective and working as intended.
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Portland Police: Improvements made to training program
The Portland Police Bureau implemented or is in the process of implementing 12 recommendations made by the City Auditor in 2015 to improve police officer training, according to our follow-up audit.
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