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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 3 of 2008–09)
Published: Tuesday 23 September 2008
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the management and administration of the Communications Fund, including an assessment of:
- the development and implementation of appropriate investment strategies; and
- the robustness of the governance structures and controls relating to investment activities.
Entity
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy; Department of Finance and Deregulation
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 34 of 1999–2000)
Published: Thursday 16 March 2000
Published
In late 1996, the Government announced its commitment to establish new facilities for the National Museum of Australia and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies on Acton Peninsula in Canberra. The objectives of the audit were to examine the project's compliance with the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines for the procurement of public works and effectiveness of the project's management.
Entity
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 11 of 1999–2000)
Published: Tuesday 21 September 1999
Published
In November 1998, the Minister for Communications wrote to the Auditor-General requesting an assessment of the actual costs of Phase 1 digital conversion for the ABC and SBS, the sources of funds applied and the efficiency with which the funds had been used before the government considered further funding. The purpose of this limited scope performance audit was to assess a range of financial issues associated with the ABC and SBS conversion to digital broadcasting.
Entity
Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Special Broadcasting Service Corporation
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 30 of 1997–98)
Published: Thursday 18 December 1997
Published
The objectives of the audit were to:
- assist OGIT in the timely identification and correction of any deficiencies in the evaluation process;
- provide advice to the Parliament, the Government and other interested parties on the probity of the evaluation process; and
- test for adherence to legislative and other specified requirements, such as in industry development.
Entity
Office of Government Information Technology
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 9 of 1997–98)
Published: Thursday 23 October 1997
Published
The audit objectives were to report on the efficiency and effectiveness of selected agencies' management of telecommunications services. The specific purpose was to:
- identify the potential for more effective management of telecommunications services;
- consider the appropriateness of Commonwealth agencies' management of telecommunications services to take advantage of technological opportunities; and
- identify the elements of sound administration in the management of telecommunications services.
The audit criteria addressed agencies' performance against benchmarks of sound administrative practice in relation to procurement; planning; business process re-engineering; financial management; and performance management. The audit focussed primarily on telecommunications services, as distinct from capital items and equipment.
Entity
Across Agency
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 4 of 1997–98)
Published: Friday 17 October 1997
Published
The objective of the audit was to review AUSTEL and the Spectrum Management Agency's approaches to service delivery against recognised good practice and to identify opportunities for the new Australian Communications Authority to adopt the relevant features of these approaches in its service delivery.
Entity
Australian Telecommunications Authority (AUSTEL); Spectrum Management Agency