Tina Abdella This is Me

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1. 1. The Athens NEWS: Twice weekly alternative

   www.athensnews.com/issue/artic - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/8/2002   Last Visited: 10/8/2002

   Tina Abdella, director of OU's internal audit office, confirmed Friday that the audit of the Eastern Campus, dated May 17, was an "investigative audit," as contrasted with a regular audit. Such an investigative audit, she said, "can be triggered by an allegation," as in the present case, and is conducted "when we have reason to believe there may be some wrongdoing."
   
   According to the audit report, in September 2001 the Ohio State Auditor's office informed OU that it had received a complaint of alleged misappropriation of university assets, personnel and resources at the Eastern Campus.
   
   The complaint "involved seven situations, some recurring, in which two university officials allegedly used university equipment and both student and classified employees to perform work of a personal nature on their property or for their personal benefit." The incidents allegedly took place between summer 1998 and summer 2001.
   
   In an investigation launched in January, OU auditors interviewed 43 classified and student employees.

2. 2. ThisWeek Newspapers

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   Published on: 1/22/2004   Last Visited: 1/22/2004

   Tina Abdella outlined her work plan for 2004 during a school board study session Jan. 12.
   
   Operations were chosen for review based on high risk factors, which, she said, tend to be where large amounts of money pass through or a high number of students or staff are affected.
   
   "There is not necessarily anything wrong," she said.
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   "We need to find out, do the people know what they are supposed to report," Abdella said. "Are our figures showing us in the most accurate light?"
   
   Among other things, Abdella also plans to:
   
   Audit the District Continuous Improvement Plan to ensure district programs support it. "For example," she said, "if a goal is that we are going to increase the graduation rate by 5 percent, what programs do we have in the district that will support that?"
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   Abdella said she hopes the work this year will eventually lead to a successful peer review of the CPS audit process, she said.
   
   "The Ohio auditor has said he will be better able to rely on our work if we pass a peer review," Abdella said, adding that external auditors typically use internal audits as the basis for much of their own reviews.
   
   Abdella said a peer review has not yet been done on CPS's four-year-old internal audit office, and that it may take two or three years to develop the staff and establish the standards to prepare the CPS office for one.
   
   During the board study session, discussion also focused on how Abdella's office can remain autonomous while working closely with Superintendent Gene Harris and Treasurer Jerry Buccilla.
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   Abdella, who previously was director of Internal Audit at Ohio University in Athens, was hired last April and awarded a contract that runs through July 31 this year.

3. 3. Officials to decide on spring tuition increase

   thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/archiv - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/22/2001   Last Visited: 6/7/2002

   "The reason for the change is that for us to remain objective, it is important that we not be influenced by any of those auditing units," said Tina Abdella, OU director of the Internal Audit Office.