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  • Agency Management of Software Licensing

    Tabled Date:
    Monday 17th December 2001
    Report Number:
    27
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Across Agency

    The audit examined the management of software licensing by five Commonwealth agencies. The objective of the audit was to provide assurance to these agencies and the Parliament that: effective controls are in place to ensure the physical security of software media; the risks associated with the use of illegal software are being effectively managed; and compliance with software licence conditions is being adequately monitored.


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  • Management of Fraud and Incorrect Payment in Centrelink

    Tabled Date:
    Friday 14th December 2001
    Report Number:
    26
    Portfolio:
    Finance
    Department:
    Centrelink

    This audit is one of a series of fraud control audits undertaken by the ANAO. The audit focussed on Centrelink's arrangements for the prevention, detection and treatment of incorrect payments to its customers. The objective of the audit was to assess whether Centrelink had implemented appropriate fraud control arrangements in line with the Fraud Control Policy of the Commonwealth.


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  • Accounts Receivable

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 11th December 2001
    Report Number:
    25
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Across Agency

    The audit process involved an assessment of the accounts receivable function in eight Commonwealth organisations. The objectives of the audit were to assess whether the processing, collection and overall management of the accounts receivable function was being performed in accordance with applicable legislation, government policy, applicable internal controls, and identify better practices in accounts receivable activities.


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  • Status Reporting of Major Defence Acquisition Projects

    Tabled Date:
    Monday 10th December 2001
    Report Number:
    24
    Portfolio:
    Defence
    Department:
    Department of Defence

    Major capital equipment contributes importantly to the capabilities of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to achieve the Defence mission, that is, the defence of Australia and its national interests. The Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) is the relatively new Defence organisation responsible for the acquisition and through-life support of Defence equipment and systems. DMO's stated purpose is to equip and sustain the ADF. In 2001-02, it will spend $2.9 billion on progressing some 270 major capital equipment acquisition projects. This preliminary study for the audit focused on DMO reporting on the status of major equipment acquisition projects.


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  • Broadcasting Planning and Licensing

    Tabled Date:
    Friday 7th December 2001
    Report Number:
    23
    Portfolio:
    Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
    Department:
    Australian Broadcasting Authority

    The audit reviewed the broadcasting planning and licensing operations of the Australian Broadcasting Authority, which is responsible for planning the availability of segments of the broadcasting services bands used by radio and television for analogue and digital broadcasting. The objective was to assess the ABA's management of licence area planning and the subsequent issue of broadcasting licences, focussing on analogue radio planning and identifying improved administrative practices, where possible, together with the main factors that have contributed to the delays to date in achieving the planning timetable.


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  • Personnel Security-Management of Security Clearances

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 4th December 2001
    Report Number:
    22
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Across Agency

    Personnel security, including the security clearance process, is a valuable and essential element of managing the risk inherent in allowing Commonwealth and other personnel access to sensitive information. This audit was designed to review security clearance and vetting policies and practices in a number of Commonwealth organisations and to consider if organisations were managing these processes effectively and efficiently and in accordance with Commonwealth policy, as outlined in the Protective Security Manual.


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  • Developing Policy Advice

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 20th November 2001
    Report Number:
    21
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Department of Education Training and Youth Affairs Department of Employment Workplace Relations and Small Business Department of Family and Community Services

    The audit reviewed the policy advising functions of the Departments of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, and Family and Community Services. The objective of the audit was to determine whether departmental quality management systems for policy advising were appropriate and the advice provided met expected standards for policy outputs.


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  • Fraud Control Arrangements in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry--Australia (AFFA)

    Tabled Date:
    Friday 16th November 2001
    Report Number:
    20
    Portfolio:
    Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
    Department:
    Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry - Australia

    The ANAO reviewed arrangements for the development of the department's fraud policy, fraud risk assessment and fraud control plan within the core functional areas of the department that are responsible for these activities. The audit also examined the operational procedures and guidelines that were in place to implement the department's fraud policy. The objective of the audit was to assess whether AFFA has implemented appropriate fraud control arrangements in line with the Fraud Control Policy of the Commonwealth and whether these arrangements operate effectively in practice.


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  • Payroll Management

    Tabled Date:
    Thursday 15th November 2001
    Report Number:
    19
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Across Agency

    The audit process involved an assessment of the payroll arrangements in Commonwealth organisations. The objectives of the audit were to determine whether organisations have established internal control frameworks for the management of payroll operations, assess whether payment of salaries and related expenditures is made in accordance with the relevant terms and conditions of employment, and identify better practices in the management and operations of payroll systems.


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  • Performance Information in Portfolio Budget Statements

    Tabled Date:
    Thursday 1st November 2001
    Report Number:
    18
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Across Agency

    The ANAO examined the performance information in the 2000-01 Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS) for a mix of ten small and large agencies. The objective of the audit was to assess the appropriateness of the performance information in the selected PBS, the reporting of performance information in annual reports and agency arrangements to identify and collect this information.


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