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Performance audit into the Home Insulation Program
The Auditor-General has decided to undertake a performance audit of the Home Insulation Program under s.18 of the Auditor-General Act 1997.
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has commenced preliminary work in the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) to refine the objective and scope of the audit. At this stage, it is the ANAO’s intention to examine DEWHA’s administration of key aspects of the program and any lessons for future programs, as well as the proposed changes announced by the Minister for the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts on 19 February 2010.
Performance audit into the Green Loans Program
The Auditor-General has decided to schedule a performance audit of the Green Loans Program under s.18 of the Auditor-General Act 1997.
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has commenced preliminary work in the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) to refine the objective and scope of the audit. At this stage, it is the ANAO’s intention to examine DEWHA’s administration of key aspects of the program and any lessons for future programs, as well as the proposed changes announced by the Minister for the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts on 19 February 2010.
Farming ideas: the challenge of finding better ways to work
The attached article by the Auditor-General ‘Farming ideas: the challenge of finding better ways to work’ is from the Public Sector Informant, February 2010 Canberra Times.
Drawing on the ANAO Better Practice Guide, Innovation in the Public sector: Enabling Better Performance, Driving New Directions, released in December 2009, the Auditor-General talks about the challenges and opportunities attaching to public sector innovation. The Auditor-General notes the factors that set the scene for, and support, innovation and also illustrates diagrammatically, the four key phases of the public sector innovation process and the steps within these.
The article highlights a case study from the Better Practice Guide dealing with the Detector Dog Program of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. That case study, and others in the Guide, explore issues in public sector innovation across a spectrum of public sector activities.
You can download the article HERE
Building the Education Revolution-Primary Schools for the 21st Century
Survey of Primary School Principals
The Australian National Audit Office is surveying all primary school principals about their experiences with the Primary Schools for the 21st Century (P21) element within the Building the Education Revolution (BER) program.
The aim of the survey is to help us form a balanced opinion about how BER P21 was delivered from the perspective of the recipients of educational infrastructure, Australia’s primary schools. To ensure we obtain a balanced view, it is important that as many principals as possible respond.
Our report, which will examine the establishment of BER P21 by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, is expected to be tabled in the Australian Parliament in early 2010. The information we gather in the survey is collected in strict confidence. Individuals or schools will not be identified in the report.
We have commissioned ORIMA Research—a company with a long record in quantitative and qualitative research on sensitive issues for Australian public sector organisations—to administer the survey on our behalf. Instruction and a link to the survey were posted to all primary school principals in mid-October. If you have any specific concerns about the survey, or its confidentiality, or if you believe that you should have received a letter and have not, please contact Orima Research www.orima.com.
Performance Audit of the Building the Education Revolution program - Primary Schools for the 21st Century
The Auditor-General has decided to commence a performance audit of the Building the Education Revolution (BER) program, under section 15 of the Auditor-General Act 1997.
The focus of the performance audit will be on the Primary Schools for the 21st Century element of the BER program. As such, the audit objective is to examine the effectiveness of the department’s establishment of the Primary Schools for the 21st Century element of the BER program.
The audit will examine:
- arrangements for administering Primary Schools for the 21st Century (PS21) in accordance with government policy;
- the selection and approval of PS21 projects; and
- monitoring and reporting of PS21 projects’ progress and the achievement of broader BER program outcomes.
Upcoming Audit Reports
There is one ANAO Audit Report tabling during the week starting Monday 8 March 2010.
ANAO Audit Report No.24 2009-10
Procurement of Explosive Ordnance for the Australian Defence Force
Department of Defence
The Intended Presentation date is 10 March 2010 (PM).
Government Information and Advertising Campaigns
Click on the link below to view the latest ANAO reports on Government Information and Advertising Campaigns.
ANAO Reports on Government Information and Advertising Campaigns
Last updated: 9 March 2010