Republic of the Philippines

COMMISSION ON AUDIT
Regional Office No. IV-B (MIMAROPA)
NGS-Cluster 5 (Education and Employment)
Audit Team Nos. 14 and 18
Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro

WRITE-UPS PERTAINING TO AUDITOR’S EXPERIENCES

A. PERSONAL LIFE

Since Region IV-B is composed of island provinces, inspection/validation of the auditees’

programs and projects is really time consuming. Thus, quality time for family and friends is
often sacrificed.

B. AUDIT FIELD WORK

 Despite the willingness of the management to be responsive to audit requests,

significant delays in the submission of the needed data for audit have been noted on
various audit reports and observations. The management of the agency claimed that
this issue arises because of lack of manpower. Oftentimes, employees are required to
work after office hours so that they can accomplish their tasks within the prescribed
period. It was also noted that absence of process flowchart per operating division
affects the efficiency of the employees, thus contributing to the delay in the
submission of required reports.

 Efforts exerted by the management in monitoring the programs and projects granted to
NGOs/POs were in vain due to political interventions. Thus, intended results were not
achieved.

PRINCESS A. GONZALES
State Auditor I
Audit Team Member

MYRNA B. LUNARIO
State Auditor III
Audit Team Leader