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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 58 of 2016–17)
Published: Monday 26 June 2017
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The objective of the audit was to examine the implementation of the annual performance statements requirements under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and the enhanced Commonwealth performance framework.
Entity
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; Australian Federal Police; Department of Finance
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 52 of 2016–17)
Published: Tuesday 23 May 2017
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the management of underperformance in the Australian Public Service (APS) and identify opportunities for improvement.
Entity
Across Entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 43 of 2016–17)
Published: Wednesday 22 March 2017
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The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Australian Federal Police’s, the Australian Financial Security Authority’s and the Attorney-General’s Department’s administration of property and funds under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
Entity
Australian Financial Security Authority; Australian Federal Police; Attorney-General’s Department
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 12 of 2016–17)
Published: Thursday 1 September 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design of, and award of funding under, the Living Safe Together grants programme.
Entity
Attorney-General's Department
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 3 of 2016–17)
Published: Wednesday 31 August 2016
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the management of Machinery of Government (MoG) changes by the selected Australian Government entities.
Entity
Department of Finance; Australian Public Service Commission; Department of Health; Department of Social Services; Attorney-General's Department; Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 53 of 2006–07)
Published: Friday 29 June 2007
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The objective of the audit is to examine and report on the efficiency and effectiveness of AFP's administration and management of its overseas deployments. The audit specifically examines two deployments and focuses on strategic and operational planning and logistics. The audit examines a planned, long-term overseas deployment (as part of the Participating Police Force (PPF) within the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI)) and a crisis-driven deployment in response to a specific event (Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) assistance to Thailand following the Indian Ocean Tsunamis of 26 December 2004).
Entity
Australian Federal Police
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 48 of 2006–07)
Published: Friday 22 June 2007
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The objective of this audit was to determine the extent to which selected agencies have implemented the two recommendations of the previous audit; and the appropriateness of advice provided by Finance and the ATO. To address this audit objective, the audit assessed:
- the roles of Finance and the ATO in clarifying: the interaction of the PB and SG Act; the ongoing role of the PB Act; and mechanisms to monitor Australian Government organisations' compliance with the PB Act;
- the extent to which Finance and the ATO have provided guidance and other support to assist Australian Government organisations manage and meet statutory superannuation obligations for eligible contractors; and
- whether Australian Government organisations have managed and met statutory superannuation obligations for contractors in past and current contracts.
Entity
NO-DEPTS-LISTED
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 43 of 2006–07)
Published: Wednesday 13 June 2007
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The objective of this audit was to evaluate whether selected Australian Government agencies were effectively managing security risks arising from the use of contractors. To address this objective, the audit evaluated relevant policies and practices in the audited agencies against a series of minimum requirements in the management of security issues in procurement and contracting activity. These minimum requirements were developed from the guidance and standards contained in the PSM and also from the ANAO's previous protective security audits.
The audit focused on two broad types of contracting arrangements: contracting of security functions; and contracting of any service or business function that requires, or which has the potential to require, contractors to access sensitive or security classified information.
The following Australian Government agencies were involved in this audit:
- Australian Customs Service (Customs);
- Commonwealth Superannuation Administration (ComSuper);
- Department of Finance and Administration (Finance); and
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
In addition, the Attorney-General's Department, which is responsible for the maintenance of the PSM and for providing advice on contemporary protective security policies and practices, was consulted during the audit.
Entity
NO-DEPTS-LISTED
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 24 of 2006–07)
Published: Wednesday 7 February 2007
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The objectives of the audit were to:
- examine Customs' management of the CMR project; and
- determine whether the ICS and CCF met:
- project and operational objectives; and
- user capability and functionality requirements.
Particular emphasis was given to the following areas:
- the project management framework that supported the CMR project;
- implementation arrangements for the ICS; and
- ongoing operational arrangements.
After this audit commenced, Customs engaged Booz Allen Hamilton to undertake a separate review of the ICS. The purpose of that review was to provide Customs with a forward looking report on the lessons to be learned from the implementation of the ICS, its current status and the opportunities to enhance benefits for both Government and industry. The ANAO consulted closely with the Booz Allen Hamilton team and is supportive of the recommendations in their report, which was released in May 2006. The review made thirteen recommendations relating to the ongoing management and governance of the Cargo Management Re-engineering Program at both strategic and tactical levels.
Entity
Australian Customs Service
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 22 of 2006–07)
Published: Tuesday 6 February 2007
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The audit objective was to examine progress in the development of an overarching approach and guidance for the management of the Commonwealth's intellectual property (Recommendation No. 2 of Audit Report No. 25 of 2003–04).
Entity
NO-DEPTS-LISTED