Audits in Progress

Agencies involved: Survey of APS agencies

Audit Objective: To assess APS agencies’ fraud control arrangements to effectively prevent, detect and respond to fraud.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Department of Health and Ageing

Audit Objective: To assess DoHA’s effectiveness in undertaking its overall responsibility for the PIP program, including an assessment of the Department’s planning, program develop and monitoring practices. This audit will complement a separate audit of PIP that is being undertaken in Medicare Australia.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Audit Objective: To assess the effectiveness of DFAT’s management of the overseas owned estate.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Attorney-General's Department, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Audit Objective: To assess the effectiveness of the implementation of the arrangements for the Strategy.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Australian Taxation Office

Audit Objective: To assess the effectiveness of the Tax Office’s administration of the Superannuation Co-Contribution Scheme.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Australian Taxation Office

Audit Objective: To assess the Tax Office’s effectiveness in the administration of tax obligations by non-residents.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Department of Defence

Audit Objective: To assess whether Defence is effectively managing the delivery of health services to ADF personnel within Australia.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Department of Health and Ageing, National Gallery of Australia, CrimTrac and National Archives of Australia

Audit Objective: To assess the effectiveness of protective security awareness and training arrangements at selected organisations, including whether they comply with the requirements of the Protective Service Manual.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Department of Climate Change and Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet

Audit Objective: To assess effectiveness of the administrative effectiveness of climate change programs.  In undertaking this audit, particular emphasis will be given to the implementation of good administrative practice and the extent to which the program objectives are met.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts; Department of Resoruces, Energy and Tourism; Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research; Department of Climate Change; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Audit Objective:

To assess the effectiveness of current mitigation actions with particular emphasis on the coordination of Austrlian government and State/Territory climate change programs and the integrity of measuring and reporting of Australia's GHG emissions and abatement measures.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Australian Taxation Office

Audit Objective: To review and assess the use,and management of automatic exchanges of information transferred under the DTA’s by the Tax Office.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Attorney-General's Department

Audit Objective: To assess the effectiveness of the implementation, operation and monitoring the Family Relationship Centre initiative by FaHCSIA and AGD.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Department of Health and Ageing, Medicare and Human Services

Audit Objective: To examine the effectiveness of Medicare Australia’s administration of the PBS.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Centrelink and Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Audit Objective:

To:
• examine Centrelink's ability to effectively respond to business disruptions caused by community disasters/emergencies;
• assess the effectiveness of Centrelink's delivery of services and payments as required for community emergencies; and
• identify opportunities for improvement in Centrelink's emergency management and community recovery assistance operations.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Department of Defence and Defence Material Organisation

Audit Objective: To review the effectiveness of Defence’s and DMO’s management of the acquisition, introduction into service and through-life support arrangements for the Lightweight Torpedo Replacement Project.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Department of Defence

Audit Objective: To assess whether Defence is effectively managing the recruitment of personnel to the ADF.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Multiple agencies

Audit Objective: To test whether agreements between Commonwealth agencies reflect sound administrative practices.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Audit Objective: Tp examine the effectiveness of the department’s establishment of the Primary Schools for the 21st Century element of the BER program.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Child Support Agency

Audit Objective: To assess the effectiveness of CSA’s management of the implementation of Building a Better Child Support Agency.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010

Agencies involved: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

Audit Objective:

To:
• assess the effectiveness of management of the AusLink Roads to Recovery program; including the implementation of agreed recommendations made by ANAO in its audit of the initial R2R Program;
• assess the value for money achieved in the delivery of the program, particularly the benefits of the program to the funding recipients and their communities and an examination of the extent to which the program has provided additional funding for land transport infrastructure (rather than in substitution); and
• identify any opportunities for improvements to management of the program.

Due to Table: Autumn 2010