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  • Survey of Fraud Control Arrangements in APS Agencies

    Tabled Date:
    Friday 28th November 2003
    Report Number:
    14
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Across Agency

    The Survey of Fraud Control Arrangements in APS agencies was conducted to identify improvements made by agencies since the 1999 survey, and in response to the revised Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines released in May 2002. Its objective was to assess the key aspects of fraud control arrangements in place across the APS against the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines 2002.


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  • ATSIS Law and Justice Program

    Tabled Date:
    Friday 7th November 2003
    Report Number:
    13
    Portfolio:
    Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
    Department:
    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services

    The objective of the audit was to form an opinion on ATSIS' management of the Law and Justice Program, having particular regard to the relative needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The audit focused primarily on how effectively ATSIS manages and delivers the provision of legal services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The audit was desgined to compelement but not to reproduce previous audit and other evaluation activity relevant to the Program.


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  • The Administration of Telecommunications Grants

    Tabled Date:
    Wednesday 5th November 2003
    Report Number:
    12
    Portfolio:
    Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
    Department:
    Department of Communications Information Technology and the Arts

    The primary objective of the audit was to assess whether the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) and the Department of Transport and Regional Services (DOTARS) were administering a number of grant programs that are designed to enhance telecommunications infrastructure and services in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia according to better practice. The audit was also aimed at determining whether DCITA had implemented the recommendations of an earlier audit of Networking the Nation.


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  • Annual Performance Reporting

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 4th November 2003
    Report Number:
    11
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Across Agency

    Annual Performance Reporting, No 11 2003-04 The audit reviewed the 2001-02 annual reports of the departments of : Communications, Technology and the Arts; Education, Science and Training; Employment and Workplace Relations; Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs and the Australian Customs Service. The objectives of this audit were to determine whether agencies had: established a sound annual reporting performance information framework; developed arrangements to ensure performance information is accurate and coherent; and appropriately analysed performance information in their annual reports.


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  • Australian Defence Force Recruiting Contract

    Tabled Date:
    Monday 27th October 2003
    Report Number:
    10
    Portfolio:
    Defence
    Department:
    Department of Defence

    As part of its 2001 inquiry into the recruitment and retention of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee reviewed Defence's contract with Manpower Services (Australia) Pty Ltd for trialling the outsourcing of recruiting services to the ADF. In its subsequent report, the Committee commented that the original contractual arrangements deserved further scrutiny by the ANAO. The objective of the audit was to examine Defence's management of the contractual arrangements for the provision of recruiting services to the ADF. In examining the management of the contract, the ANAO looked at the evaluations conducted at the end of each contractual phase, roles and responsibilities associated with ADF recruiting, and Defence's monitoring of contractual performance and management of risks associated with ADF recruiting.


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  • Business Continuity Management and Emergency Management in Centrelink

    Tabled Date:
    Wednesday 22nd October 2003
    Report Number:
    9
    Portfolio:
    Finance
    Department:
    Centrelink

    The audit assessed whether Centrelink has effective Business Continuity Management and/or associated risk management procedures and plans in place that: minimise the likelihood of a significant business outage; and in the event of such an outage, minimise disruption of critical services to customers. The audit also assessed whether Centrelink services satisfy special community demands in times of emergency.


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  • Commonwealth Management of the Great Barrier Reef Follow-up Audit

    Tabled Date:
    Monday 20th October 2003
    Report Number:
    8
    Portfolio:
    Environment and Heritage
    Department:
    The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

    The audit is a follow-up of ANAO Audit Report No.33 of 1997-98, which assessed the effectiveness and efficiency of the Commonwealth's management of the Great Barrier Reef and made seven recommendations for improvement. The objective of the follow-up audit was to assess the extent to which the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, which is responsible for advising the Commonwealth on the care and developement of the Marine Park, has implemented the recommendations of the earlier audit.


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  • Recordkeeping in Large Commonwealth Organisations

    Tabled Date:
    Wednesday 24th September 2003
    Report Number:
    7
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Across agency

    The audit reviewed the recordkeeping frameworks of four large Commonwealth organisations. The objective of the audit was to assess whether recordkeeping policies, systems and procedures were in accordance with relevant Government policies, legislation, accepted standards and recordkeeping principles, and applicable organisational controls.


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  • APRA's Prudential Supervision of Superannuation Entities

    Tabled Date:
    Monday 15th September 2003
    Report Number:
    6
    Portfolio:
    Treasury
    Department:
    Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

    The audit reviewed APRA's regulation of approved Trustees and superannuation funds registered under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993. The audit evaluated APRA's superannuation supervisory activities: and assessed the effectiveness of its supervision of superannuation entities. Particular attention was paid to the supervisory framework and the risk-based supervisory methodologies of APRA's frontline supervisory divisions.


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  • The Senate Order for Departmental and Agency Contracts (Autumn 2003)

    Tabled Date:
    Thursday 11th September 2003
    Report Number:
    5
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Across agency

    This report relates to the fourth audit of Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (FMA Act) agencies' compliance with the Order of the Senate for Departmental and Agency Contracts, (the Senate Order) to list, on the Internet, contract details for the reporting period 4 February 2002 to 3 February 2003. The audit was conducted in accordance with the Senate Order request for the Auditor-General to undertake twice-yearly examinations of agency contracts listed on the Internet, and to report whether there had been any inappropriate use of confidentiality provisions. The objectives of the audit were to assess agency performance in relation to compiling the Internet listings required by the Senate Order and the appropriateness of the use of confidentiality provisions in Commonwealth contracts.


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