unauthorized physical access. 14 Agency management strives to recruit and retain competent people to carry out agency mission, goals, and objectives. 1.65 1.70 1.52 1.57 15 Management ensures new hires have the appropriate level of knowledge and skills needed to satisfactorily perform their jobs. 1.54 1.59 1.36 1.46 16 New hires are made aware of the agency's mission, goals, objectives and expected ethical behavior. They clearly understand their responsibilities and the expectations of their jobs. 1.70 1.78 1.38 1.43 17 The agency continually seeks to improve, maintain, and support new and existing employee knowledge and skills. 1.86 1.93 1.66 1.70 18 Management values opportunities to improve internal controls and correct deficiencies. 1.80 1.87 1.61 1.70
19 Management performs reviews of actual performance. 1.76 1.95 1.61 1.73 20 The agency actively engages with the legislature, oversight committees and/or oversight boards. and/or oversight boards. 1.54 1.68 1.34 1.39 For both 2013 and 2014, 70 out of 70 (100%) executive branch agencies completed and submitted a control environment self-assessment. In the 2014 certification, cabinet agencies reported overall improvement in all 20 goal areas as compared to 2013 rankings. Cabinet agencies improved the rankings for Goals 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, and 19 in 2014, so much so, that these goals are no longer areas of high concern. However, for the second year in a row, cabinet agencies identified Goals 6, 9, 11, 17, and 18 as areas still in need improvement. Non-cabinet agencies reported improvement in all but 2 out of 20 goal areas in 2014 as compared to 2013 rankings. The ranking scale is as follows: 1.00 – Excellent, 2.00 – Adequate, 3.00 – Inadequate. As in previous years, both cabinet and non-cabinet agencies continue to identify Goal 9 as an area of high concern and in need of the most improvement. Table 2 lists the 6 Recommended Controls associated with Goal 9 and shows the averaged ranking for cabinet and non-cabinet agencies by individual Recommended Control for fiscal year 2014 and 2013. Table 2 – 2014 Control Environment Self-Assessment Goal 9 Recommended Control Average Rankings (on a 3 point scale where a ranking of 1.00 is Excellent and 3.00 is Inadquate) Goal 9: The agency is able to maintain its priority services during an that might threaten to disrupt those services. Rec. Control Recommended Control Detail FY14 Cabinet FY13 Cabinet FY14 FY13 A The agency has performed a risk assessment and business impact analysis on its operations to identify critical functions, recovery timeframes and necessary resources, 2.09 2.09 1.72 1.67
such as staffing, IT, equipment and physical location requirements. B The agency's recovery strategy has been tested to ensure it meets recovery time and recovery point objectives. 2.26 2.27 2.04 2.02 C The agency's continuity are documented and periodically reviewed, tested and updated. 2.13 2.18 2.12 2.07 C The agency has identified, prioritized and ranked their government services according to MN.IT guidance. 1.91 1.95 1.73 1.74 E The agency understands its role and responsibility in the event of a disaster or prolonged disruption of government services. 1.91 2.00 1.61 1.65 F Employees have been educated and informed of their role or responsibility during a disaster or prolonged disruption of government services. 2.13 2.23 1.76 1.80 Overall Average Ranking: 2.07 2.12 1.83 1.83