Track audit recommendations to owner and date and escalate overdue items
Head of internal audit: Track audit recommendations to owner and date and escalate overdue items. Starts when: A recommendation passes its due date. Steps: Open the tracker; Name the Director; Director attends committee with a recovery date; Repeat inaction triggers the defined consequence; Report the overdue count. Done when: The overdue count falls at the following cycle and each overdue item shows a named Director and recovery date. Rules that apply: Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (PSIAS, cited at Enfield).