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Auditor-General Report No. 38 of 2000–01
The Use of Confidentiality Provisions in Commonwealth Contracts
Published
Thursday 24 May 2001
Portfolio
Across Entities
Entity
Across Agency
The audit's main objectives were to:
- examine the guidance on the use of confidentiality clauses in contracts and agencies' use of such clauses;
- develop criteria to assist agencies in determining what information in a contract is confidential; and
- assess the effectiveness of the existing accountability and disclosure arrangements for Commonwealth contracts.