Report Of The Auditor General Of Canada To The House Of Commons Rapport Du Verificateur General Du Canada A La Chambre Des Communes

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Download or read book The Office of the Auditor General of Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1931, Parliament transferred responsibility for approving or rejecting the issuance of cheques to a newly created government official, the comptroller of the Treasury.7 This change drew a clear line between the duties of the government and those of the auditor general: the former was responsible for collecting and distributing public funds, while the latter was responsible for examining and rep [...] Pursuant to section 8(1), the auditor general can also table a special report on "any matter of pressing importance or urgency that ... should not be deferred until the presentation of the next report." This section gives the OAG the ability to conduct audits like the 2003 special report on the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the 2010 special report of the Office of the Public Sector Integrit [...] During the reporting phase, both the OAG audit team and the organization try to agree on the feasibility of the recommendations; the OAG is mindful of the need to develop recommendations that are clear, cost-effective and feasible to implement. [...] In order to maintain its credibility as a legislative auditor, the OAG must maintain objectivity and independence from the programs, activities and areas of the organizations it audits - the government and its initiatives.32 Some OAG reports are critical of the operations of the government; consequently, the OAG believes that decisions about its funding should not be the sole prerogative of the go [...] In 2005, the House of Commons Advisory Panel on the Funding and Oversight of Officers of Parliament was established as a pilot project to review and challenge funding requests from the OAG and other officers of Parliament, and to help resolve differences of opinion between the officers of Parliament and the TBS, including about funding.