moving atlanta forward 2024 annual review - december 2024
Moving Atlanta Forward 2024 Annual Review
Released: December 2024 Download the Full Report here Download the Highlights Page here We undertook this audit as required by Ordinance No. 22-O-1369, which established increased oversight and accountability to improve project delivery for the program. What We Recommended To maintain project budgets and schedule, we recommend that the chief operating officer: • develop decision criteria to determine how projects will be prioritized if funding is limited • ensure departments complete required documentation • assist departments to develop written procedures to track soft costs • designate a central oversight position for the Moving Atlanta Forward program • develop data verification procedures to ensure dashboard accuracy, uniformity, and useability • define a threshold that suggests a project is at risk To monitor project budgets and maintain program transparency, we recommend that the commissioner of the Department of Parks and Recreation: • create separate purchase orders for different Moving Atlanta Forward Projects • ensure that the department uses the Oracle PnG module to manage program |
We found:
- The three project delivery departments— Transportation, Parks, and Enterprise Asset Management—are required to operate within the framework of the Strategic Delivery Plan to manage Moving Atlanta Forward Infrastructure Program projects.
- As of August 2024, $47 million had been spent on Moving Atlanta Forward projects, less than 10% of project funds.
- Transportation, Enterprise Asset Management, and Parks and Recreation did not document completion of Strategic Delivery Plan requirements.
- Central oversight may improve consistency across the three project delivery departments.
- Parks and Recreation is manually tracking and monitoring all financial data via an Excel spreadsheet and creating shared purchase orders for separate projects, potentially posing risks of error.