Advisory ...The Office of the Controller is aware of fraudulent phone calls from individuals falsely claiming to represent our office. Please be advised: These calls are not from the Office of the Controller. Our office will never contact individuals to request money, threaten legal action, or solicit personal or banking information over the phone. If you receive a suspicious call of this nature, do not provide any information or make any payments. Instead, we urge you to report the incident immediately to the City of Houston’s 311 Service Center.

Mission Statement
TheMission Statement of the Audit Division (AD)is to perform the Internal Audit (IA) function for the Office of the City Controller (CC) of the City of Houston, Texas. This includes provision of independent, objective assurance, attestation, and consulting services designed to add value and improvethe City’s operations. In doing so, we use Generally Accepted Governmental Auditing Standards (GAGAS) promulgated by the Government Accountability Office(GAO) and the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (The Standards) as issued by theInstitute of Internal Auditors (IIA). The ADhelps Department Management ofthe City accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of various processes (i.e. risk management, control, and governance).

As the fourth largest municipality in the United States, we seek to become an example of a standard of excellence for otherIA functions to benchmark against. We accomplish this, in part, by adopting and adhering to our Policies and Procedures, which are rooted in professional requirements and other guidance as presented on this website. We couple this by leveraging knowledge, experience, and applying best practices within the scope of our work and profession.

• The ABCs of the Audit Process (.pdf)
• Audit Division Results for the Period FY2012 to FY2018 (.pdf)