Overview

The mission of the Internal Audit Division is to provide independent, objective, and reasonable assurance services designed to lend positive influence and improve the Department of Administrative Services' (DAS) mission, operations, outcomes, and compliance. The internal audit division assists the organization in accomplishing its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the overall control environment, the network of enterprise business risk leadership control, and governance processes.  It is the integration of the activities, plans, attitudes, policies, systems, resources and efforts of the people of the DAS working together to achieve its varied and complex mission(s).

It is critical to the functioning of internal audit, that auditors be organizationally independent of leadership to enhance the audit team’s effectiveness.  This independence also allows auditors to perform their work objectively and without bias or concern that they will be unduly influenced by leadership on audit issues or concerns.

The Commissioner of DAS authorizes the Internal Audit Department (IAD) access any/all records, personnel, files, financial information, and physical properties relevant to the performance of the department’s engagements and relevant to the department’s scope of audit.

It is recognized here that the Core Principles for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing and the Code of Ethics shall be the guiding principles of this internal audit function. 

Please Note: Audit thresholds for the School Construction Audit Unit team have been updated (Effective date July 12, 2024) for any new engagement that the LEA has not yet received an Engagement Letter from our audit team. 

These adjustments will aid us in putting maximum effort where the team can make the most difference for the agency, the program, and the taxpayers of Connecticut.

The new thresholds are:
Less than or equal to $2.5 Million = Desk Review
Between $2.5 Million - $8 Million = Limited Scope Audit
Great than $8 Million = On-Site Audit