NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani -5- September 4, 2000
Hiring Improvement
A breakthrough team was launched on August 16 to make improvements
in the agency's hiring process. The team includes key managers from three
agency programs: divisional administration, Budget, and Human Resources.
"Breakthrough" is a process in which a team works to achieve a clearly defined,
measurable, "razor-sharp" goal within a period of about ten weeks. It is called
"breakthrough" because a successful short-term effort is frequently a catalyst to
more extensive change. The team will focus on the first stage of the hiring
process, in which vacancies are identified and posted.
External Audits
Four audits of the Department are currently under way. The City
Comptroller's EDP Audit auditing the DOH LAN, and the City Comptroller's
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Management Audit unit is auditing the Lead Poisoning Prevention PrografteThe
State Comptroller is auditing the monitoring of contracts by HIV Prevention, and
DOH inspections of eating establishments. The HIV audit began in July.
Entrance conferences for the other three audits all took place during this
reporting period.
Rabid Raccoon in the Bronx
The Department confirmed the sixth rabid animal, a raccoon, in NYC for
CY 2000. This is the 137th laboratory-confirmed rabid animal since the City
became endemic for rabies in 1992 and this is the second rabid raccoon found in
Orchard Beach in the Bronx this year.
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