August 2022
PROCUREMENT COMMUNICATIONS REPORT
OAG employees must document all written and oral communications they receive that impart or request material information or make a material argument regarding potential action concerning a procurement matter, including but not limited to an application, a contract, or a project. This requirement does not apply to communications regarding the administration and implementation of an existing contract, except communications regarding change orders or the renewal or extension of a contract.
| Name and Title OAG Employee |
Date/time of contact | Name and title of person making contact and name of company they represent |
Registered Lobbyist? |
Name and title of each additional participant to the communication |
Method of contact (oral by phone, oral in person, or in writing). If by phone, list each person's phone number. If in person, list location of meeting. |
Approximate duration of communication. |
Provide a detailed summary of the points made by each person involved in the communication, including any action requested or recommendation made, and the substance of your response. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Parochetti, Auditor III | 08/01/2022 08:37 AM | Adam Pulley, Principal, CLA | No | OAG Portal/Email
Adam.Pulley -at- claconnect.com jparochetti -at- auditor.illinois.gov | I uploaded the approved contract amendment for the firm's review and signature. | ||
| Dennis Gibbons, Auditor IV | 08/01/2022 10:26 AM | Amy Sherwood, Partner, Sikich LLP | No | Ryan Randolph, Senior Manager, Sikich LLP | Email
Amy.sherwood-at-sikich.com Ryan.randolph-at-sikich.com Dgibbons-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Emails over 16 minutes | I asked Amy and Ryan whether they expected to break the 155 hours for the FY22 AT-C 205 reports on DoIT between Phases 1 and 2. Ryan responded that he expected this to be the case, with about 30 hours in Phase 2. |
| Joseph Parochetti, Auditor III | 08/01/2022 04:59 PM | Adam Pulley, Principal, CLA | No | OAG Portal/Email
Adam.Pulley -at- claconnect.com jparochetti -at- auditor.illinois.gov | Adam uploaded the amendment with the firm's signature to the OAG portal. | ||
| Joseph Parochetti, Auditor III | 08/02/2022 01:12 PM | Adam Pulley, Principal, CLA | No | OAG Portal/Email
Adam.Pulley -at- claconnect.com jparochetti -at- auditor.illinois.gov | I uploaded the final signed contract amendment via the OAG portal. | ||
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/04/2022 08:42 AM | Robert Arnholt, Partner, Doehring, Winders & Co., LLP | No | N/A | Email: rarnholt-at-dwcocpa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Robert uploaded the signed contract for the FY22 audit of ROE 20 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/04/2022 08:43 AM | Robert Arnholt, Partner, Doehring, Winders & Co., LLP | No | N/A | Email: rarnholt-at-dwcocpa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Robert uploaded the signed contract for the FY22 audit of ROE 51 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/04/2022 11:20 AM | Stella Marie Santos, Partner Adelfia | No | Jennifer Roan, Partner Adelfia
Mavie Valera, Partner Adelfia | Email: sbsantos-at-adelfiacpas.com
jsroan-at-adelfiacpas.com mbvalera-at-adelfiacpas.com | Uploaded signed contracts for the FY22 audits of ROE 1/9/161/17/21/26/28/33/53/54 and FY21 amendment of ROE 44 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/04/2022 11:27 AM | Robert Arnholt, Partner, Doehring, Winders & Co., LLP | No | N/A | Email: rarnholt-at-dwcocpa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Uploaded the signed contract for the FY22 audits of ROE 20 and 51 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/05/2022 01:24 PM | Carmen Sendejas, Firm Administrator, GW & Associates | No | N/A | Email: carmen-at-cpagwa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Carmen uploaded the contracting documents for the FY22 audit of ISC 1 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/08/2022 08:58 AM | Carmen Sendejas, Firm Administrator, GW & Associates | No | John Wysocki, Partner, GW & Associates
Beth Obernuefemann, Audit Manager, OAG | Email: carmen-at-cpagwa.com
john.wysocki-at-cpagwa.com bobernuefemann-at-auditor.illinois.gov jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | I let Carmen know we were missing the firm peer review and acceptance form in the contracting documents for the FY22 audit of ISC 1 and would also need the background check form prior to the audit starting. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/08/2022 09:42 AM | Carmen Sendejas, Firm Administrator, GW & Associates | No | John Wysocki, Partner, GW & Associates
Beth Obernuefemann, Audit Manager, OAG Katy MacDonna, Auditor, OAG | Email: carmen-at-cpagwa.com
john.wysocki-at-cpagwa.com bobernuefemann-at-auditor.illinois.gov jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov kmacdonna-at-auditor.illinois.gov | I proposed a change to the background check form for the FY22 audit of ISC 1. Part of the typed text could not be read when the forms were printed so requested a modification and an attachment to the form. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/08/2022 02:05 PM | Kimberly Walker, Partner, Kemper CPA Group | No | N/A | Email: kwalker-at-kempercpa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Emails over the course of 29 minutes | Kimberly emailed contracting documents, hours and rate for the FY21 audit of ROE 30. She also emailed hours and rate for the FY22 audit of ROE 45. |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/08/2022 02:06 PM | Carmen Sendejas, Firm Administrator, GW & Associates | No | N/A | Email: carmen-at-cpagwa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Carmen uploaded missing and revised contracting documents for the FY22 audit of ISC 1 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/08/2022 05:07 PM | Kimberly Walker, Partner, Kemper CPA Group | No | N/A | Email: kwalker-at-kempercpa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | I e-mailed Kimberly to let her know the hours and rates proposed by her firm for the FY22 audit of ROE 45 and FY21 audit of ROE 30 were accepted. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/09/2022 08:15 AM | Renee Brucker, Manager, MCK CPAs & Advisors | No | N/A | Email: rbrucker-at-mckcpa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Renee uploaded the contracting documents for the FY22 audit of ROE 35 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Kathy Lovejoy, Principal of IS Audits | 08/09/2022 10:00 AM | Gabe Sanders, Ernst & Young LLP | No | Joe Vandermark, Ernst & Young,
Noah Jellison, Ernst & Young, Donna Humphries, Mgr of IT Operations | Microsoft Teams | one hour | Discussed EY assisting the Office in developing the data analytics for the State's ERP. |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/09/2022 10:15 AM | Carmen Sendejas, Firm Administrator, GW & Associates | No | N/A | Email: carmen-at-cpagwa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Carmen uploaded contracting documents for the FY22 audits of ROE 12, 31, 41, 48, 50 and 56 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Kathy Lovejoy, Principal of IS Audits | 08/09/2022 12:00 PM | Sean McCloskey, Salesforce | No | Donna Humphries Mgr of IT Operations, Samantha Shedden Salesforce | Google Meet | 30 minutes | Discussed obtaining a quote for Tableau software. |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/09/2022 12:09 PM | Kimberly Walker, Partner, Kemper CPA Group | No | N/A | Email: kwalker-at-kempercpa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Kimberly e-mailed the FY22 contracting documents for the audit of ROE 45. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/09/2022 12:17 PM | Kimberly Walker, Partner, Kemper CPA Group | No | N/A | Email: kwalker-at-kempercpa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Kimberly e-mailed a revised schedule 2 for the FY21 audit of ROE 30. | |
| Megan Green, Auditor V | 08/09/2022 03:55 PM | Amy Sherwood, Partner, Sikich LLP | No | N/A | OAG RFP File Sharing Site | N/A | I provided Amy with the contract amendment for the SERS compliance examination of census data engagement for her signature. |
| Dennis Gibbons, Auditor IV | 08/10/2022 07:23 AM | Amy Sherwood, Partner, Sikich LLP | No | Ryan Randolph, Senior Manager, Sikich LLP | Email
Amy.sherwood-at-sikich.com Ryan.randolph-at-sikich.com Dgibbons-at-auditor.illinois.gov | I asked Amy and Ryan if they could confirm the firm’s estimate on 8/1/22 in which they indicated the FY22 AT-C 205 testing contract amendment would need an additional 125 hours in Phase I and 30 hours in Phase II (to incorporate DoIT into the testing). | |
| Dennis Gibbons, Auditor IV | 08/10/2022 08:47 AM | Amy Sherwood, Partner, Sikich LLP | No | Ryan Randolph, Senior Manager, Sikich LLP | Email
Amy.sherwood-at-sikich.com Ryan.randolph-at-sikich.com Dgibbons-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Amy confirmed the expected allocation of the 155 extra hours for the FY22 AT-C 205 testing to include DoIT. | |
| Megan Green, Auditor V | 08/10/2022 08:54 AM | Amy Sherwood, Partner, Sikich LLP | No | N/A | OAG RFP File Sharing Site | N/A | Amy provided me with the signed contract amendment for the SERS Compliance Examination of Census Data. |
| Dennis Gibbons, Auditor IV | 08/10/2022 11:32 AM | Amy Sherwood, Partner, Sikich LLP | No | OAG portal | I shared with Amy the contract amendments for the FY22 AT-C 205 testing of SERS entities, to include DoIT in the testing. | ||
| Dennis Gibbons, Auditor IV | 08/10/2022 12:36 PM | Amy Sherwood, Partner, Sikich LLP | No | OAG portal | Amy shared with me the signed contract amendments for the FY22 AT-C 205 testing of SERS entities. | ||
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/10/2022 12:51 PM | Carmen Sendejas, Firm Administrator, GW & Associates | No | N/A | Email: carmen-at-cpagwa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Carmen uploaded the FY19 contracting documents for ISC 2 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/10/2022 05:01 PM | John Wysocki, Partner, GW & Associates, PC | No | N/A | Email: john.wysocki-at-cpagwa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Emails over the course of 5 minutes | I e-mailed John and proposed a change to the schedule 1 timetable for the FY19 audit of ISC and he agreed. |
| Megan Green, Auditor V | 08/10/2022 11:36 PM | Amy Sherwood, Partner, Sikich LLP | No | N/A | OAG RFP File Sharing Site | N/A | I provide Amy with the final signed contract amendments for the SERS Compliance Examination of Census Data engagements. |
| Kathy Lovejoy, Principal of IS Audits | 08/11/2022 10:30 AM | Amy Sherwood, Partner, Sikich LLP | No | WebEx | 15 minutes | Discussed Sikich performing the cybersecurity review at the Attorney General for FY 21/22. Amy agreed for an additional 100 hours at the rate of the Compliance Examination. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/11/2022 01:47 PM | Kimberly Walker, Partner, Kemper CPA Group | No | N/A | Email: kwalker-at-kempercpa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Uploaded the signed FY21 contract for ROE 30 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/11/2022 01:50 PM | Kimberly Walker, Partner, Kemper CPA Group | No | N/A | Email: kwalker-at-kempercpa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Uploaded the FY22 signed contract for ROE 45 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/11/2022 01:53 PM | Renee Brucker, Manager, MCK CPAs & Advisors | No | N/A | Email: rbrucker-at-mckcpa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Uploaded the signed FY22 contract for ROE 35 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/11/2022 03:48 PM | John Wysocki, Partner, GW & Associates, PC | No | N/A | Email: john.wysocki-at-cpagwa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Uploaded the FY 22 contract for ROE 31 to the OAG RFP portal for signature by GW. | |
| Dennis Gibbons, Auditor IV | 08/12/2022 08:04 AM | Amy Sherwood, Partner, Sikich LLP | No | OAG portal | I shared with Amy the final signed contract amendments for the FY22 AT-C205 testing of SERS entities (to include DoIT). | ||
| Jose Roa, Auditor V | 08/12/2022 08:35 AM | Epifanio Sadural, Partner, Roth & Co., LLP | No | Dan Nugent, OAG Audit Manager | Email
Jose Roa jroa-at-auditor.illinois.gov Epifanio Sadural Esadural- at -rothcocpa.com Dan Nugent DNugent-at-auditor.illinois.gov | N/A | Informed firm of changing OAG audit manager and needed changes to proposed timetable for the FY22 Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Self-Insurers Security Fund financial audit. |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/12/2022 01:57 PM | Carmen Sendejas, Firm Administrator, GW & Associates | No | Katy MacDonna, Auditor II, OAG | Email: carmen-at-cpagwa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov kmacdonna-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Carmen uploaded the signed FY22 contract for ROE 31 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Jose Roa, Auditor V | 08/12/2022 05:45 PM | Epifanio Sadural, Partner, Roth & Co., LLP | No | Dan Nugent, OAG Audit Manager | Email
Jose Roa jroa-at-auditor.illinois.gov Epifanio Sadural Esadural- at -rothcocpa.com Dan Nugent DNugent-at-auditor.illinois.gov | N/A | Firm provided changes to proposed timetable for the FY22 Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Self-Insurers Security Fund financial audit. |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/15/2022 09:18 AM | John Wysocki, Partner, GW & Associates, PC | No | N/A | Email: john.wysocki-at-cpagwa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | I uploaded the for signature the FY19 contract for ISC 2 and the FY22 contracts for ROE 12,41,48,50, 56 and ISC 1 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Janis VanDurme, HHS Audit Manager | 08/16/2022 10:46 AM | Bill Sarb, Partner RSM US LLP | No | N/A | Phone
Sarb: 1-847-XXX-6695 Van Durme: 1-217-XXX-8393 | 10 minutes | Mr. Sarb called to discuss a potential amendment needing to be done to add hours for the un-anticipated amount GAAP AUP work that will need to be done under the Phase II contract of the Illinois Department of Revenue financial audit for the year ending June 30, 2022. |
| Janis VanDurme, HHS Audit Manager | 08/16/2022 11:13 AM | Bill Sarb, Partner RSM US LLP | No | Jane Clark, OAG FC Director | Email
Van Durme: jvandurme-at-auditor.illinois.gov Bill Sarb: Bill.Sarb-at- rsmus.com Clark: JClark-at-auditor.illinois.gov | N/A | I emailed Mr. Sarb to let him know the OAG was open to performing an amendment needing to be done to add hours for the un-anticipated amount GAAP AUP work that will need to be done under the Phase II contract of the Illinois Department of Revenue financial audit for the year ending June 30, 2022. And told him to submit an estimate of hours and budget for the work. |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/17/2022 10:03 AM | John Wysocki, Partner, GW & Associates, PC | No | N/A | Email: john.wysocki-at-cpagwa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Uploaded signed contracts for the FY22 audits of ROE 12,41,48,50,56, ISC 1 and FY19 audit of ISC 2 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Lisa Warden, Auditor V | 08/17/2022 10:22 AM | Amy Sherwood, Partner, Sikich LLP | No | N/A | Email:
Lwarden - at - auditor.illinois.gov ASherwood - at - sikich.com | I stated the contract amendment the partner discussed with Kathy Lovejoy reflecting the 100 hour increase and addition of staff to perform the cybersecurity review of the Office of the Attorney General in conjunction with the compliance examination for the two years ended June 30, 2022 has been approved by my office. | |
| Jose Roa, Auditor V | 08/17/2022 11:15 AM | Epifanio Sadural, Partner, Roth & Co., LLP | No | Email and OAG RFP Sharesite
Jose Roa jroa-at-auditor.illinois.gov Epifanio Sadural Esadural- at -rothcocpa.com | N/A | Provided to firm the contract for the FY22 Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Self-Insurers Security Fund financial audit. | |
| Jose Roa, Auditor V | 08/17/2022 12:20 PM | Epifanio Sadural, Partner, Roth & Co., LLP | No | Email
Jose Roa jroa-at-auditor.illinois.gov Epifanio Sadural Esadural- at -rothcocpa.com | N/A | Firm informed OAG manager of missing subcontractor information in contract for the FY22 Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Self-Insurers Security Fund financial audit. | |
| Jose Roa, Auditor V | 08/17/2022 02:05 PM | Epifanio Sadural, Partner, Roth & Co., LLP | No | Email and OAG RFP sharesite
Jose Roa jroa-at-auditor.illinois.gov Epifanio Sadural Esadural- at -rothcocpa.com | N/A | Provide the contract to firm with subcontractor information FY22 Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Self-Insurers Security Fund financial audit. | |
| Jose Roa, Auditor V | 08/17/2022 02:15 PM | Epifanio Sadural, Partner, Roth & Co., LLP | No | Email and OAG RFP Sharesite
Jose Roa jroa-at-auditor.illinois.gov Epifanio Sadural Esadural- at -rothcocpa.com | N/A | Firm provided signed contract for the FY22 Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Self-Insurers Security Fund financial audit. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/18/2022 08:39 AM | Diana Smith, Partner, West & Company, LLC | No | N/A | Email: dsmith-at-westcpa.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Uploaded the signed FY22 contract for ROE 40 to the OAG RFP portal. | |
| Gordon French, Information Specialist V | 08/30/2022 09:20 AM | EZ Audit | No | N/A | Email: ericasATezaudit.net | Request annual quote for support/maintenance for computer audit software for the office. | |
| Jeanne Michaud, Auditor V | 08/30/2022 05:58 PM | Maria de J Prado, Partner | No | N/A | Email: mprado-at-pradorenteria.com
jmichaud-at-auditor.illinois.gov | Maria uploaded contracting documents for the FY22 audit of ROE 32 and FY20 audit of ROE 47 to the OAG RFP portal. |