8.01
Risk Assessment
Principle 8 - Assess Fraud, Improper Payment, and Information Security Risk
Attribute 8.01 - Management should consider risks related to fraud, improper payments, and information security when identifying, analyzing, and responding to risks.
General Attributes
The following attributes contribute to the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of this principle:
- Identify Risks Related to Fraud, Improper Payments, and Information Security
- Types of Fraud and Fraud Risk Factors
- Types of Improper Payments and Improper Payment Risk Factors
- Types of Information Security Risk and Information Security Risk Factors
- Analyze and Respond to Identified Risks
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Jamie's Story
The discussion of Attribute 8.01 is from this March 12, 2026 event, under the subheading of Motor Vehicle Department Contract.
The relevance of this specific Green Book Attribute, 8.01, is based on the identification of numerous other specific attributes within Principle 8 - Assess Fraud, Improper Payment, and Information Security Risk. The recurrence of numerous specific attributes suggests a bigger issue, perhaps deviations from good governance aren't isolated occurrences. Maybe the frequency and magnitude of election-related anomalies reveal a deviant organizational culture. County employees aren't being deviant; they are doing what is normal and expected in a deviant organizational culture.
Potential Green Book Deviation:
Contrary to the Green Book, multiple deviations from Green Book Principle 8 specific attributes suggest MC management has chosen to allow fraud to occur. Throughout my story, MC management chose not to investigate election-related anomalies. A healthy organization would purposefully try to understand the cause(s) for any anomaly that could potentially prevent their primary objective from being achieved so Corrective Action Plans could be developed to prevent their recurrence. Ultimately, no objective evidence was provided by MC to indicate they wanted to improve the process; they were more comfortable with recurring anomalies than taking action to gain public trust.
Election Anomalies
Governance issues identified from Arizona Attorney General's Office 2020 General Election Investigation of Arizona Senate allegations of Maricopa County Election Department - Drop Box Collections issues. Section 2 of the AZ AG's inspector's report identifies numerous issues, which present risk to potential fraud. The following issues identified in the inspector's report were not assessed internally:
- See the heading Deviation: Missing Entries on Election Forms from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
- See the heading Deviation: Missing Ballot Counts from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
- See the heading Deviation: Used Email instead of EVBTS Forms from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
- See the heading Deviation: Unfulfilled Party Representation Requirements for Couriers from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
- See the heading Deviation: Fictious Addresses in MC Voter Registration Database from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
- See the heading Deviation: Allegations Confirmed from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
- See the heading Noteworthy: Consequences Unknown from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage
- See the heading Noteworthy: Transmission of USPS Data to MC and Runbeck from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage
