Performance overview

Our Scorecard provides an overview of performance based on the performance information contained in the 2007–08 Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS) and our 2007–08 Business Plan.

The performance measures that relate to the three output groups are quantitative in nature and are essentially concerned with issues of efficiency and productivity in delivering audit products. The measures relate primarily to quantity, timeliness and cost.

The outputs’ contributions to the achievement of our outcomes are also discussed. These sections relate primarily to the impacts (outcomes) that our outputs have on the Parliament, public sector entities and public sector administration in general. Both quantitative and qualitative measures are used to assess the performance.

This approach provides an understanding of the link between our products (outputs) and their resulting impacts (outcomes).

Portfolio Budget Statements Scorecard 2007–08


Portfolio Budget Statements Scorecard 2007–08
Portfolio Budget Statements Scorecard 2007–08

Notes:

  1. Parliamentary Survey, May 2005 (next survey due for completion second half of 2008).
  2. AASG Client Survey, March 2008.
  3. PASG Client Survey as at August 2008. The results of this survey are being evaluated.
  4. Includes Business Support Process and Protective Security Audits. The reasons for this shortfall include: the redirection of resources to higher priority activities such as the major Defence capital equipment projects, the need to allocate extra resources to complete major undertakings such as the performance audit of the Regional Partnerships Program and the need to divert resources from the Performance Audit Program to respond to requests by Ministers or Parliamentarians for the review of matters of immediate concern; and a higher than anticipated level of staff turnover.
  5. The actual number of audit opinions is dependent on the number of entities subject to audit which, in turn, is dependent on legalisation and government decisions.
  6. Our objective is to issue the audit opinion on the same day as the signed financial statements are received by the ANAO. However, closure within two days is considered acceptable. We continue to work with entity CFO’s to improve this result.
  7. Performance under this indicator is the responsibility of entities, however, we continue to work closely with entity Audit Committees and CFIO’s to improve this result.