DCS – Unidentified lodgments totalling $2.1 million
2020
Governance
Non-Compliance
Ministry of National Security (MNS)
Jamaica Constabulary Force
Accountant General – Pension Payments Made Without Verifying Life Certificates
2020
Resource Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Finance and Public Service (MOFPS)
Jamaica Customs Agency
Accountant General – Overpaid Dependents a total of $4.1 million
2020
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Finance and Public Service (MOFPS)
Jamaica Customs Agency
ACCOUNTANT GENERAL – Uncleared bank reconciliation items totalling $138.85 million
2020
Resource Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Finance and Public Service (MOFPS)
Jamaica Customs Agency
MLSS – PATH protracted delay in upgrading the Beneficiary Management Info System
2017
Project Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS)
PCJ – Unapproved Payments of Allowances Totalling $48.4 million
2018
Resource Management
Lagging
Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET)
Universal Service Fund
MOFPS – $77 million in Uncleared Advances
2019
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Finance and Public Service (MOFPS)
Jamaica Customs Agency
TAJ – Failure to perform monthly reconciliation of bank accounts
2019
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Finance and Public Service (MOFPS)
Jamaica Customs Agency
KSAMC – Outdated Parochial Road Inventory (last updated in 1992)
2020
Project Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Local Government and Community Development (MLGCD)
Social Development Commission
FLA – $8.4 Million Dollar Overpayment of Termination Benefits
2020
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of National Security (MNS)
Jamaica Constabulary Force
St. Catherine Municipal Corporation – Failure to hold public consultations in conjunction with Weakness in Procurement Process regarding contracts valued at $185 million
2020
Governance
Lagging
Ministry of Local Government and Community Development (MLGCD)
Social Development Commission
NSWMA – Failure to surrender over $16 million to the Consolidated Fund
2020
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Local Government and Community Development (MLGCD)
Social Development Commission
RGD – Failure to pay over monies to TAJ in the amount of $14 million dollars
2020
Governance
Full Compliance
Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)
Access to Information Unit (ATI Unit)
FLA – Weaknesses in FLA’s control over fixed assets and inventories
2020
Governance
Lagging
Ministry of National Security (MNS)
Jamaica Constabulary Force
MLSS – Conflicts of interest, absence of due diligence and lack of transparency regarding shares purchased at a cost of $1.19 BILLION Dollars
2018
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS)
DCS – Weakness in Procurement Process regarding contracts valued at $185 million dollars
2020
Governance
Lagging
Ministry of National Security (MNS)
Jamaica Constabulary Force
MOEYI – Over $483 Million in Procurement Not Informed by Needs Assessment
2019
Procurement & Contract Management
Progressing
Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY)
Caribbean Maritime University (CMU)
MSET- Poor decision-making costs Petrojam in excess of $67 million for a fence.
2018
Procurement & Contract Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET)
Universal Service Fund
MSET – Deficiencies in Petrojam’s Human Resources Management Practices
2018
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET)
Universal Service Fund
MLSS – $2.95 Billion in Outstanding NIS Contributions
2020
Resource Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS)
HEART/NSTA – $75 Million disbursed without Compliance Checks
2020
Resource Management
Non-Compliance
Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)
Access to Information Unit (ATI Unit)
PSRA – Inadequate Control over Mobile Assets valuing $359,178
2019
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of National Security (MNS)
Jamaica Constabulary Force
Petrojam – Board of Directors Ineffective in Oversight Role
2018
Governance
Full Compliance
Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET)
Universal Service Fund
Petrojam – Did not reconcile products received vs. volume ordered before paying suppliers
2019
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET)
Universal Service Fund
St. Catherine Municipal Corporation – Poor Planning in Parochial Road Maintenance
2020
Project Management
Lagging
Ministry of Local Government and Community Development (MLGCD)
Social Development Commission
DCS – Failure to Submit Appropriation Accounts for Examination
2018
Governance
Progressing
Ministry of National Security (MNS)
Jamaica Constabulary Force
NWC – Poor Procurement Leading to Millions in Increased Costs
2017
Procurement & Contract Management
Progressing
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC)
Agro Investment Corporation
CMU – $676 Million spent in Unapproved Salaries
2019
Resource Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY)
Caribbean Maritime University (CMU)
CMU – Sub-Optimal Concessionaire Arrangements
2019
Procurement & Contract Management
Progressing
Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY)
Caribbean Maritime University (CMU)
CMU – Financial Management Breaches
2019
Resource Management
Partial Compliance
Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY)
Caribbean Maritime University (CMU)
MOEYI – Ineffective Monitoring System for the Distribution of Textbooks
2019
Procurement & Contract Management
Progressing
Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY)
Caribbean Maritime University (CMU)
MICAF – Salary Overpayments
2019
Resource Management
Lagging
Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF)
USF – 70+Million Education Project Poorly Monitored
2019
Resource Management
Partial Compliance
Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY)
Caribbean Maritime University (CMU)
PIOJ – US$6.8 Million Project at Risk, Experiencing Delays
2019
Project Management
Progressing
Ministry of Finance and Public Service (MOFPS)
Jamaica Customs Agency
NWA – $1.74 Billion in management fees uncollected
2017
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC)
Agro Investment Corporation
MOHW – Inadequate Control of Fixed Assets
2018
Resource Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOH)
Pesticides Control Authority
MOE – Uses Direct/Emergency Contracting to Circumvent Tender Process
2019
Procurement & Contract Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY)
Caribbean Maritime University (CMU)
JCF – $2.2 Billion worth of contracts procured without competitive tender (2013/14 to 2017/18)
2019
Procurement & Contract Management
Ministry of National Security (MNS)
Jamaica Constabulary Force
RADA – Poor Management of Farm Road Rehabilitation Programme
2019
Project Management
Partial Compliance
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF)
Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division
RADA – 33 Road Contracts Valued at $521 MILLION Awarded Without Tender
2019
Procurement & Contract Management
Lagging
MLSS – A 2015 $3 Billion loan for PATH under-utilised for four years.
2019
Project Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS)
MLSS – $2.7 Billion paid from Beneficiary Account, with no recon for six months in arrears
2019
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS)
MLSS – Spent $18.7 Million to Purchase 469 Assistive Aids, Only 50 Recipients in Receipt
2019
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS)
MLSS – $172.12 Million Unspent and Unaccounted for
2019
Resource Management
Lagging
Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS)
MLSS – $19.68 Billion of spend not certified, 2 years of accounts outstanding
2019
Resource Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS)
FID – $45.12M in fixed assets unverified
2020
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Finance and Public Service (MOFPS)
Jamaica Customs Agency
MOT – $477K in excess expenditure for employee compensation
2019
Resource Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Tourism (MOT)
Bath Fountain of St. Thomas the Apostle
Pharmacy Council of Jamaica – Unreconciled Bank Accounts
2017
Resource Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOH)
Pesticides Control Authority
Pharmacy Council – Assets Register Not Maintained for 3 years.
2017
Resource Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOH)
Pesticides Control Authority
MSET – Poor Management of Fleet Vehicles
2019
Resource Management
Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET)
Universal Service Fund
MSET – $44.4 Million paid out without formal lease agreements
2019
Resource Management
Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET)
Universal Service Fund
MSET – $663K spent to acquire computers, unused after two years
2018
Procurement & Contract Management
Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET)
Universal Service Fund
MLGCD – $13.3 Billion Approved, No end of year financial reports submitted
2020
Resource Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Local Government and Community Development (MLGCD)
Social Development Commission
SDC – $1.05 Billion Approved No Financial Statement for Spend Provided
2019
Resource Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Local Government and Community Development (MLGCD)
Social Development Commission
CMS – $562M 4 years of Appropriation Accounts Outstanding
2019
Resource Management
Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
ACCOUNTANT GENERAL – 7 years of Appropriation Accounts Outstanding
2018
Resource Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Finance and Public Service (MOFPS)
Jamaica Customs Agency
MTM – $305M Accounting Discrepancies
2019
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Transport and Mining (MTM)
Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ)
MOT – Milk River Spa & Bath Hotel & Spa in breach for improper inventory management
2019
Resource Management
Partial Compliance
Ministry of Tourism (MOT)
Bath Fountain of St. Thomas the Apostle
MICAF – $265.4M Overspent for 2018/19 Budget without evidence of approval
2019
Resource Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF)
Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division
MTM – 20 Computers valued $1.9M purchased yet missing from Island Traffic Authority
2019
Resource Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Transport and Mining (MTM)
Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ)
MOE – $21,663,190.95 overpayments to early childhood practitioners no longer in the system
2015
Resource Management
Lagging
Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY)
Caribbean Maritime University (CMU)
MOE – Poor Procurement Practices
2014
Procurement & Contract Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY)
Caribbean Maritime University (CMU)
MOE – $32.6 million Uninterrupted Power Supply unused by the Ministry 2 years after purchase
2014
Procurement & Contract Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY)
Caribbean Maritime University (CMU)
SERHA – $1.3 Billion owed to creditors in breach of the Financial Administration and Audit Act
2012
Resource Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOH)
Pesticides Control Authority
SERHA – $112.7 million spent in breach of procurement guidelines
2017
Procurement & Contract Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOH)
Pesticides Control Authority
SERHA – Audited financial statements, statutory payments and bank reconciliation in arrears
2012
Governance
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOH)
Pesticides Control Authority
NWC – $1.78 billion missing from K-Factor Account
2014
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC)
Agro Investment Corporation
NWC – Non-Revenue Water OUR target missed by 16 percentage points
2014
Project Management
Partial Compliance
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC)
Agro Investment Corporation
MLSS – $24.5 million of unapproved sole sourcing and $12.3 million in contract variation without requisite approval
2013
Procurement & Contract Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS)
MICAF – Ministry spends $17.8 Million without updating their inventory records.
2016
Resource Management
Lagging
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF)
Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division
MICAF – Food Storage & Prevention of Infestation Division has no islandwide master list for food storage entities
2015
Resource Management
Partial Compliance
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF)
Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division
MICAF – Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division conducts inadequate and insufficient inspection of businesses that store food
2015
Project Management
Progressing
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF)
Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division
E-Learning Jamaica not evaluating the Board’s performance.
2014
Governance
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET)
Universal Service Fund
E-Learning Jamaica: 447 items valued at US$344,000 stolen, with no reports to authorities.
2014
Resource Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET)
Universal Service Fund
USF – $881.1 million was released to E-Learning pilot projects without reports submitted to justify payment of funds
2015
Project Management
Progressing
Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET)
Universal Service Fund
USF – Fails to collect levies; amounts owing to the USF increased 44% from $81.7 million (April 2012) to $117.8 million (March 2015)
2015
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET)
Universal Service Fund
USF – Not taking action to get timely receipt of reports from “terminating carriers”
2015
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET)
Universal Service Fund
NWA – $84.5 million lost on road project due to lack of oversight
2013
Governance
Full Compliance
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC)
Agro Investment Corporation
PAJ – Fourteen (14) senior officers were overpaid gratuities totalling $15.05 million between April 2011 and March 2015
2016
Project Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC)
Agro Investment Corporation
PAJ – Excessive retirement benefits provided to former employees without Ministry of Finance approval
2016
Project Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC)
Agro Investment Corporation
MEGJC – Housing Fund has 7,829 individuals with mortgages in arrears totaling $530,949,663.55
2016
Resource Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC)
Agro Investment Corporation
MEGJC – No meetings held by the Audit Committee for the entire financial year.
2017
Governance
Progressing
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC)
Agro Investment Corporation
MEGJC – Master Inventory Record not updated to reflect asset acquisition of $15.03 million
2017
Resource Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC)
Agro Investment Corporation
JTB – Director of Tourism, found to be a member of the Audit and Finance Committee.
2015
Governance
Full Compliance
Ministry of Tourism (MOT)
Bath Fountain of St. Thomas the Apostle
JTB – No Evidence of Policy Requiring Board Members to Disclose Conflict of Interests
2015
Governance
Partial Compliance
Ministry of Tourism (MOT)
Bath Fountain of St. Thomas the Apostle
JTB – $4.07Billion paid to 3 marketing companies with no strategic plan to achieve goals
2015
Governance
Progressing
Ministry of Tourism (MOT)
Bath Fountain of St. Thomas the Apostle
JCF – $15.62M Paid to a Caterer in Breach of Procurement Guidelines
2016
Procurement & Contract Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of National Security (MNS)
Jamaica Constabulary Force
JCF – $716,854.48 Worth of Items were Missing from Inventory Records.
2016
Resource Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of National Security (MNS)
Jamaica Constabulary Force
DCS – $513.33M and $930.8M payment made to suppliers without competitive tender and without Cabinet Approval.
2016
Procurement & Contract Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of National Security (MNS)
Jamaica Constabulary Force
DCS – $646,625.99 (6,743 litres of fuel) unaccounted for and unreported to authorities
2016
Resource Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of National Security (MNS)
Jamaica Constabulary Force
DBJ – Non-performing loans were significant, $2.5 billion as at March 2012.
2015
Resource Management
Progressing
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC)
Agro Investment Corporation
DBJ provided funding to financial institutions, without ensuring the sectoral targets received those loans
2015
Project Management
Partial Compliance
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC)
Agro Investment Corporation
DBJ – Hired consultant to measure DBJ’s loan impact; Contract then modified to exclude that impact assessment
2015
Project Management
Progressing
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC)
Agro Investment Corporation
DBJ – Since formation in April 2000, Bank performed no evaluation of organisation’s efforts to achieve its objectives
2016
Governance
Progressing
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC)
Agro Investment Corporation
AEROTEL – Paid $1.92 million phone bill for Chairman’s phone usage 23 months after departure
2017
Resource Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Transport and Mining (MTM)
Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ)
AEROTEL – $32.44 million paid out to 16 staff members without required approval of Ministry of Finance
2017
Resource Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Transport and Mining (MTM)
Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ)
ACCOUNTANT GENERAL – No Contract in Place for $9M Spent on Security Services – Sept 2016 to June 2017
2016
Procurement & Contract Management
Full Compliance
Ministry of Finance and Public Service (MOFPS)
Jamaica Customs Agency
INSPORTS – Had no inventory management system to account for the receipt and storage of sporting gears
2017
Resource Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (MCGES)
Bureau of Gender Affairs
INSPORTS has no standard operational procedures or manuals to guide its financial and management activities
2017
Governance
Progressing
Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (MCGES)
Bureau of Gender Affairs
INSPORTS – $24.6M in 2011 & $14.02 million 2013/2015 for unauthorised salary payments
2017
Resource Management
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (MCGES)
Bureau of Gender Affairs
INSPORTS – Tabled No Annual Reports since 1978 and no Financial Reports since 1992
2017
Governance
Non-Compliance
Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (MCGES)
Bureau of Gender Affairs
NHT – Spent $1.07 Billion for Incorrect Property Acquired from NHDC (Now HAJ)
2015
Resource Management
Full Compliance
Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)
Access to Information Unit (ATI Unit)
NHT – Paid $342.6M to acquire six properties deemed unsuitable for housing
2015
Resource Management
Partial Compliance
Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)
Access to Information Unit (ATI Unit)
NHT – OPM Left Ignorant of the Board’s Investment Decisions
2015
Governance
Full Compliance
Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)
Access to Information Unit (ATI Unit)
NHT – $180 Million Expended for Entertainment Facility Unsuitable for Housing Development
2015
Resource Management
Full Compliance
Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)
Access to Information Unit (ATI Unit)
