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Our performance audit work contributes to improved public sector administration and accountability through objective reporting on the performance of Australian Government programs and entities.

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This page lists completed performance audit reports. View all performance audits in-progress.

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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 63 of 2002–03)
Published: Monday 30 June 2003
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Administration of the Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme

The objective of the audit was to assess the Commonwealth's administration of the Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme (ACIS) . The audit reviewed program governance, scheme promotion and registration, management of credit allocations, and compliance processes.

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Department of Industry Tourism and Resources; Australian Customs Service
Sector 
Customs
Industry
Tourism
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 62 of 2002–03)
Published: Monday 30 June 2003
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Management of Selected Aspects of the Family Migration Program

The objectives of the audit was to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of DIMIA's decision-making processes and management systems for delivering the parent and partner aspects of the family stream of the Migration Program.

The family stream of Australia's Migration Program enables the reunion of immediate family members of Australian citizens, permanent residents or eligible New Zealand citizens. It consists of four main categories;

  • Partner;
  • Child;
  • Parent; and
  • Other family.
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Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Sector 
Immigration
Indigenous
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 60 of 2002–03)
Published: Friday 27 June 2003
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Closing the Books

Closing the books processes sometimes referred to as 'month-end or year-end processing' are those processes undertaken by organisations in order to generate periodic financial information. This audit focused on the monthly closing the books processes undertaken at six of the material Commonwealth organisations, in order to provide some generic conclusions on the operation and effectiveness of these periodic processes in the Commonwealth and to identify opportunities for improvement.

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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 59 of 2002–03)
Published: Friday 27 June 2003
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Administration of Australian Business Number Registrations

As part of the Government's Taxation Reform Initiatives, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) was given responsibility for implementing the Australian Business Number (ABN) and Australian Business Register (ABR) initiatives. The objective of the audit was to assess the administrative effectiveness of the ABN registration process and the ATO's implementation and management of the ABR.

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Australian Taxation Office
Sector 
Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 58 of 2002–03)
Published: Thursday 26 June 2003
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Veterans' Appeals Against Disability Compensation Decisions Follow-up Audit

This was a follow-up of Audit Report No. 29 2000-01, Review of Veterans' Appeals Against Disability Compensation Entitlement Decisions. That audit examined the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA's) and the Veterans' Review Board's (VRB's) management of the review of decisions for disability compensation. The objective of this audit was to assess the extent to which DVA and the VRB had implemented the four recommendations of Report No.29 2000-01, taking into account any changed circumstances, or new administrative issues, affecting implementation of these recommendations.

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Department of Veterans' Affairs; Veterans' Review Board
Sector 
Defence
Veterans' Affairs
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 57 of 2002–03)
Published: Wednesday 25 June 2003
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Administration of the Payment of Tax by Non-Residents

The audit reviewed the Australian Taxation Office's administration of the payment of tax by non-residents. The audit objectives were to:

  • provide Parliament with assurance about how efficiently and effectively the ATO administers the payment of tax in respect of non-residents;
  • identify any scope for more effective and efficient administration of the function; and
  • identify any opportunities for the cost-effective collection of additional revenue.
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Australian Taxation Office
Sector 
Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 56 of 2002–03)
Published: Wednesday 25 June 2003
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Management of Specialist Information System Skills

The objective of the audit was to report to Parliament on the progress Defence has made since June 2001 in implementing appropriate strategies for recruiting, developing and retaining skilled IT personnel. The audit focused on management of specialist information system skills and did not examine skills needed by users of information systems, although the latter is of obvious importance for overall performance. In June 2001, the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA), after reviewing the ANAO's Audit Report No. 11 Knowledge System Equipment Acquisition Projects in Defence, commented that its major concern about Defence's ability to develop a knowledge edge with adequate coherence, centred on Defence's ability to recruit, develop and retain skilled individuals needed in all parts of the DIE. The JCPAA recommended that the ANAO conduct an audit of Defence's strategies for recruiting, developing and retaining skilled IT personnel.

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Department of Defence
Sector 
Defence
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 55 of 2002–03)
Published: Tuesday 24 June 2003
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Goods and Services Tax Fraud Prevention and Control

The audit reviewed the Australian Taxation Office's fraud prevention and contol arrangements in relation to the Goods and Services Tax. The audit objective was to assess whether the ATO has implemented administratively effective GST fraud control arrangements, consistent with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines.

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Australian Taxation Office
Sector 
Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 54 of 2002–03)
Published: Monday 23 June 2003
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Capitalisation of Software

The audit examined the management of computer software assets at four Commonwealth bodies. It focused on the capitalisation of software for the purposes of annual financial reporting. The specific objectives were to: determine whether the selected bodies had established effective internal control frameworks for the capitalisation of externally acquired and internally developed software; and assess whether software costs were capitalised in accordance with organisational policy, accounting standards and relevant legislation.

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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 53 of 2002–03)
Published: Monday 23 June 2003
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Business Continuity Management Follow-on Audit

In January 2000, the ANAO published a Better Practice Guide (BPG) Business Continuity Management, Keeping the wheels in motion (the Guide). The Guide established that the objective of Business Continuity Management (BCM) is to ensure the uninterrupted availability of all key business resources required to support essential (or critical) business activities. This is achieved by organisations building resilience (controls and redundancy) into business operations to prevent, or minimise, the likelihood of business continuity risks occuring and, also, developing plans that minimise the impact should they occur. The primary objective of this audit was to examine BCM arrangements across four Commonwealth organisations, to assess whether their existing BCM frameworks ( or frameworks under development) exhibit the principles espoused in the Guide. At the Commonwealth - wide level, the ANAO considered the continuing relevance of the principles presented in the Guide.

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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 52 of 2002–03)
Published: Friday 20 June 2003
Published

Absence Management in the Australian Public Service

The audit reviewed the management of unscheduled absence in 74 APS agencies. The objective of the audit was to assess the extent and cost of unscheduled absence in the APS; to examine whether unscheduled absence in the APS was being managed efficiently and effectively; and to identify opportunities for improvement.

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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 51 of 2002–03)
Published: Thursday 19 June 2003
Published

Defence Housing and Relocation Services

Defence has long provided housing assistance for members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and their families. In 1988, this function passed to the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), which was established to provide suitable housing to meet Defence's operational needs. In 2000, Defence and DHA signed a Services Agreement valued at $3.5 billion over 10 years. The objective of the audit was to assess whether Defence's management of its housing and relocation services provided for ADF members meets specified requirements; and to make practical recommendations for more efficient, effective and economical use of public resources provided for this purpose.

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Department of Defence
Sector 
Defence
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 50 of 2002–03)
Published: Wednesday 18 June 2003
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Managing People for Business Outcomes, Year Two

This is the second year of what may be a three-year longitudinal study of the effectiveness and efficiency of all aspects of people management in 13 agencies, covering some 36% of APS employees. The study assessed each people management practice area against four criteria: quality, HR integration, effectiveness & efficiency and business contribution.

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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 2002–03)
Published: Tuesday 17 June 2003
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Management of the Navigation Aids Network

The audit reviewed the Australian Maritime Safety Authority's management of the navigation aids network, which is an important factor in shipping safety. The objectives of the audit were to determine whether AMSA's management of the network provides for the strategic needs of marine navigation in Australian waters, and whether AMSA's management was efficient and effective. The audit focused on AMSA's strategic planning, the management of revenue and expenditure to support the network, its contract management practices, and its accountability and performance reporting arrangements.

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Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Sector 
Regional Development
Transport
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 48 of 2002–03)
Published: Monday 16 June 2003
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Indigenous Land Corporation - Operations and Performance Follow - up Audit

In 2000, the ANAO tabled Audit Report No 49 1999-2000, Indigenous Land Corporation operations and performance. The 2000 audit made nine recommendations for improvement. This follow-up audit examined the Indigenous Land Corporation's implementation of the recommendations of the 2000 audit.

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Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Sector 
Immigration
Indigenous
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 47 of 2002–03)
Published: Friday 13 June 2003
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Implementation and Management of the Indigenous Employment Policy

The audit examined the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations' implementation and subsequent management of the Indigenous Employment Policy. The audit sought to determine whether, in relation to the Indigenous Employment Policy, the department had:

  • developed appropriate planning processes and performance measures;
  • monitored and reported performance results;
  • implemented appropriate evaluation and review mechanisms;
  • conducted effective marketing and promotion; and
  • identified enhancements and addressed performance issues.
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Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Sector 
Employment
Indigenous
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 46 of 2002–03)
Published: Friday 6 June 2003
Published

Australian Industry Involvement Program

Australian Industry Involvement Program. Department of Defence The audit examined the management by Defence of its Australian Industry Involvement (AII) Program. AII is the major program through which Defence gives effect to government policy on Australian industry. The objective of the audit was to assess the extent to which the AII Program has achieved its two policy objectives, which are to :

  • develop and sustain strategically important capabilities in Australian industry to support Australian Defence Force operations and Defence capability development; and
  • maximise Australian industry involvement in Defence's procurement of goods and services, consistent with the government procurement policy objective of achieving best value for money to the Commonwealth.
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Department of Defence
Sector 
Defence
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 45 of 2002–03)
Published: Wednesday 4 June 2003
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Reporting of Financial Statements and Audit Reports in Annual Reports

This report examined the publication of financial statements and audit reports in the hardcopy and website forms of the annual reports of 117 Commonwealth reporting entities. The audit objective was to determine whether the published financial statements and audit reports agreed in all respects with those that had been certified by the chief-executive or governing body (as appropriate) and the Auditor-General or his delegate. In all but two instances, the reporting period covered was the year ended 30 June 2002.

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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 44 of 2002–03)
Published: Friday 23 May 2003
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Review of the Parenting Payment Single Program

The objective of the audit was to determine whether the controls and measures employed by FaCS and Centrelink to deliver Parenting Payment Single (PPS) payments were effective and efficient. To achieve this, the audit focused on four key areas. These were:

  • the quality of performance measures used by FaCS and Centrelink;
  • the effectiveness of FaCS' methodology for estimating the levels of risk of incorrect payment to PPS customers and the impact of these incorrect payments on the integrity of program outlays;
  • the correctness of Centrelink's processing of reassessments; and
  • the improvements to preventive controls such as training, guidance material, and the Quality On-Line system.
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Department of Family and Community Services; Centrelink
Sector 
Centrelink
Social Services
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 43 of 2002–03)
Published: Thursday 8 May 2003
Published

The Sale of Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport

The objectives of the audit were to:

  • evaluate the extent to which the Government's sale objectives were achieved, with a focus on those objectives relating to the optimisation of sale proceeds and minimisation of risk to the Commonwealth;
  • examine the effectiveness of the management of the sale process to ensure the Commonwealth received fair value; and
  • within the context of broader Commonwealth debt management considerations, assess the application of the sale proceeds to repaying Commonwealth debt and the extent to which public debt interest payments may be reduced.
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 42 of 2002–03)
Published: Wednesday 7 May 2003
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Managing Residential Aged Care Accreditation

The audit examined the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Ltd's management of the residential aged care accreditation process. The audit focused on the Agency's implementation of a process to meet its legislative responsibilities, its business operations, people management, budgeting practices, use of information, and its quality assurance processes.

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Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Ltd
Sector 
Ageing
Health
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 41 of 2002–03)
Published: Wednesday 7 May 2003
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Annual Reporting on Ecologically Sustainable Development

Since 2000, there has been a requirement under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) for Commonwealth agencies to report annually on their environmental performance as well as their contribution to Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD). The audit objective was to examine and report on the quality of Commonwealth agencies' annual reports on ESD and environment performance. The audit reviewed current practice in light of legal requirements, and provided examples of better practice.

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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 40 of 2002–03)
Published: Tuesday 22 April 2003
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R&D Tax Concession

The audit assessed DITR's and the ATO's administration of the R&D Tax Concession including review processes for registration and subsequent expenditure claims, by eligible companies. In particular, the audit focussed on measuring performance, risk management, and information systems including security and data integrity.

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Australian Taxation Office; Department of Industry Tourism and Resources
Sector 
Industry
Taxation
Tourism
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 39 of 2002–03)
Published: Thursday 17 April 2003
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Navy Operational Readiness

The Navy Operational Readiness audit examined the systems that Navy uses to manage readiness and concludes coverage of Navy: readiness organisation and management structures (as well as the interface between these systems and Defence enabling operations); management and maintenance of operational readiness (covering personnel, collective training and other components of operational readiness); and readiness performance information processes. The objective of the audit was to provide assurance to Parliament concerning the progress that Navy has made in the development of operational readiness management and evaluation systems and to identify areas for improvement in these systems.

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Department of Defence
Sector 
Defence
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 38 of 2002–03)
Published: Thursday 10 April 2003
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Referrals, Assessment and Approvals under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

The audit reviewed the administration of referrals, assessments and approvals processes under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The objective of the audit was to examine and report on the quality and timeliness of environmental assessments and approvals under the Act, as well as on Environment Australia's activities to ensure compliance with the Act.

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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2002–03)
Published: Thursday 3 April 2003
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Passport Services

The objective of this audit was to assess whether DFAT had effective processes for issuing passports in Australia. In particular, the audit focussed on whether DFAT had effective strategies for managing passport services; provided quality client service; and had effective and secure processes for passport issue to entitled persons.

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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Sector 
Foreign Affairs
Trade
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 36 of 2002–03)
Published: Tuesday 1 April 2003
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Monitoring of Industry Development Commitments under the IT Outsourcing Initiative

The objective of the performance audit was to review the progress in the delivery of contractual commitments for Industry Development (ID) for the five contracts awarded under the IT Outsourcing Initiative. In particular, the audit examined the effectiveness of the monitoring by DCITA of achievement against contractual commitments for ID; assessed the impact of changes to the IT outsourcing environment on the management and monitoring of ongoing ID obligations; and identified practices that have improved administrative arrangements.

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Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Sector 
Arts
Communications
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 35 of 2002–03)
Published: Wednesday 26 March 2003
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Fraud Control Arrangements in the Australian Customs Service

The audit reviewed the Australian Customs Service (Customs) fraud control arrangements. The audit objective was to assess whether Customs has implemented appropriate fraud control arrangements consistent with the Commonwealth's Fraud Control Guidelines and the administrative effectiveness of these arrangements.

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Australian Customs Service
Sector 
Attorney-General's
Customs
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 34 of 2002–03)
Published: Monday 24 March 2003
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Pest and Disease Emergency Management Follow-up-Audit

This audit followed up the ANAO's 1999 performance audit report on the Commonwealth's planning and response mechanisms to deal with exotic and new endemic pest and emergencies in the animal and plant sectors (Audit Report No 9 1999-2000 Managing Pest and Disease Emergencies). The previous audit made nine recommendations to improve planning and response strategies for emergencies; better coordination; diagnostic support; and appropriate monitoring and surveillance. The objective of the follow-up audit was to assess AFFA's implementation of the recommendations, and whether implementation of these recommendations, or appropriate alternative measures, has improved the Commonwealth's planning and response strategies for pest and disease emergencies. The ANAO also observed and assessed relevant parts of the September 2002 foot and mouth disease simulation, Exercise Minotaur.

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Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry - Australia Department of Agriculture
Sector 
Agriculture
Fisheries
Forestry
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 33 of 2002–03)
Published: Wednesday 19 March 2003
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Management of e-Business in the Department of Education,Science and Training

The objective of the audit was to determine whether DEST has effective governance practices for its IT and e- Business; has adequate systems in place to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of its IT and e-Business; implements and maintains appropriate quality standards within its IT and e-Business systems; and implements proper controls, including risk management, to achieve maximum benefits from its IT and e- Business. The audit examined education and training services provided, or managed, by DEST via IT or the Internet.

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Department of Education Science and Training
Sector 
Education
Science
Training
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