Finding F5
While departments are responsible for much of their purchasing needs, they have not received comprehensive training. This can result in noncompliance with purchasing policies and procedures and financial loss.
Jury report: Sonoma County Purchasing – Big Dollars with Low Operational Oversight · PDF page 14
Permanent linkOfficial response
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
Says departments have training resources and new topics approximately quarterly, while agreeing more training would help.
Read official response · PDF page 3Identifies the disputed training premise and offers availability and frequency claims, without a course list or attendance record.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.