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  • Accountability and Performance Information

    Tabled Date:
    Monday 28th September 1998
    Report Number:
    9
    Portfolio:
    Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
    Department:
    Australian Sports Commission

    The audit reviewed the accountability framework and performance information of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC). The objective of the audit was to form an opinion on the efficiency and effectiveness of the ASC: accountability arrangements, focussing on key stakeholders such as the Minister and the Parliament; and management information systems, focussing on performance information, in particular key performance indicators; and its use in resource allocation decision-making.


    Download 1998-99 Audit Report No. 9
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  • Safeguarding Our National Collections

    Tabled Date:
    Monday 28th September 1998
    Report Number:
    8
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Across Agency

    The audit reviewed collection management practices and management information systems of the National Library of Australia, National Gallery of Australia, National Museum of Australia and the Australian War Memorial. The objective of the audit was to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the management processes employed in safeguarding national collections.


    Download 1998-99 Audit Report No. 8
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  • Management of the Implementation of the New Employment Services Market

    Tabled Date:
    Monday 7th September 1998
    Report Number:
    7
    Portfolio:
    Education, Science and Training
    Department:
    Department of Education Training and Youth Affairs

    The objective of the audit was to determine the extent to which the new employment services market had been implemented effectively and efficiently in accordance with announced Government policy and timeframe.


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  • Audit Activity Report Jan-Jun '98 - Summary of Outcomes

    Tabled Date:
    Monday 31st August 1998
    Report Number:
    6
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Audit Activity Report

    This report summarises audit and other related activities of the Australian National Audit Office in the period January to June 1998.


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  • Commonwealth Agencies' Security Preparations for the Sydney 2000 Olympics

    Tabled Date:
    Monday 24th August 1998
    Report Number:
    5
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Across Agency

    The objectives of the audit were to provide assurance to Parliament concerning the adequacy of Commonwealth security planning and preparations for the Games and to identify areas for improvement early enough for any corrective action to be taken.


    Download 1998-99 Audit Report No. 5
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  • Assessable Government Industry Assistance

    Tabled Date:
    Wednesday 12th August 1998
    Report Number:
    3
    Portfolio:
    Treasury
    Department:
    Australian Taxation Office
    This is a follow-up audit to Audit Report No. 16, 1995-1996, Assessable Government Industry Assistance. This audit examined whether the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) had implemented the appropriate balance of compliance strategies to ensure that Australian Government Industry Assistance (AGIA) is adequately identified, disclosed to the ATO, and the revenue collected in an efficient and administratively effective manner. The objective of this audit was to report on the action taken by the Australian Taxation Office in addressing the recommendations of the 1996 Audit Report. 


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  • Client Service Initiatives

    Tabled Date:
    Monday 10th August 1998
    Report Number:
    4
    Portfolio:
    Foreign Affairs
    Department:
    Australian Trade Commission

    The objective of the audit was to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of Austrade's management of customer services to Australian exporters, with particular reference to: performance as a customer-focused organisation; achievement of quality customer service through its client service initiatives; and measurement and evaluation of its customer service performance.


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  • Commercial Support Program

    Tabled Date:
    Friday 10th July 1998
    Report Number:
    2
    Portfolio:
    Defence
    Department:
    Department of Defence

    The Audit reviewed the Commercial Support Program (CSP) within the Department of Defence. The CSP was introduced in 1991 following a review of the report, The Defence Force and the Community. Its objective is to achieve best value for money in the acquisition of support services for the Department of Defence and to give the private sector an opportunity to participate in the provision of those support services. The objective of this audit was to assess whether CSP was meeting its objectives and to identify any areas where it may be possible to improve the timeliness, and therefore cost-effectiveness, with which CSP is implemented and the quality of the process itself to produce better outcomes.


    Download 1998-99 Audit Report No. 2
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  • Corporate Governance Framework

    Tabled Date:
    Friday 3rd July 1998
    Report Number:
    1
    Portfolio:
    Finance
    Department:
    Australian Electoral Commission

    The audit reviewed the corporate governance framework of the Australian Electoral Commisson (AEC). The objective of the audit was to review whether the AEC's corporate governance framework was sound.


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  • Evaluation Processes for the Selection of Hearing Devices

    Tabled Date:
    Monday 29th June 1998
    Report Number:
    49
    Portfolio:
    Health and Ageing
    Department:
    Department of Health and Family Services

    The objectives of the audit were to assist the Department in the timely identification of any deficiencies in the evaluation of responses from suppliers and options for addressing the deficiencies. The objectives were to: test the Department's adherence to Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines for open and effective competition and to legislative and other Government specified requirements; and provide a report to the Parliament, the Government and other interested parties on the probity of the evaluation process. The scope of the audit was restricted to considering the processes employed by the Department in the selection of hearing devices for use under the voucher scheme.


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