Sentences with phrase «auditors general for»

We recall again the fact that two Auditors General for Ontario chastised the government for having implemented a green energy program including highly invasive wind power projects in quiet rural communities against their wishes, with no cost - benefit analysis.

Finally, this session I spent considerable time debating the changes that the Christy Clark government was making to the legislation on the Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG) file — this office has a short two - year history that resulted in the waste of $ 5.2 million.

A report by the Auditor General for 2013 has revealed some high level of financial impropriety by the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA).

News of the request from the Auditor General for the prosecutorial powers was met with widespread commendation from Civil Society and the general Ghanaian public.

PA Cyber Charter was criticized by the Auditor General for inappropriately using millions in public funding for print, TV and radio advertising (Vidonic, 2012; Wagner 2012).

The Auditor General for Ontario has stated that Ontario has paid far too much for wind power and that in fact, the citizens of Ontario overpaid by as much as $ 9 billion.

With a range of speakers including; Michael Moore, Senior Advisor for Devolution, PwC, Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland, Prof Graeme Roy, Director, Fraser of Allander Institute and Lynda Towers, Director of Public Law, Morton Fraser, this conference will cover a range of topics:

The Commissioner also refers the Inquiry to a recent report conducted by the Auditor General for Western Australia, entitled Level Pegging: Managing Mineral Titles in Western Australia [21].

Not exact matches

(The only performance score to exceed Dodge's in a COMPAS poll was given to the Stephen Harper government for the clean report it received from the Auditor General on its 2005 - 2006 financial statements.)

The auditor general has slammed Liberal ministers Peter Collier, Kim Hames and Liza Harvey for withholding information in parliament.

The state government has released details of its new digital innovation framework on the same day the auditor general slammed the state for letting its ICT strategy fall behind the rest of the country.

McGowan said the government must scrap low - wage jobs from the program and suspend its use for medium to high - skilled workers pending an investigation by the auditor general.

Ontario's auditor general issued a similar warning last week, cautioning that despite Ontario's work to eliminate its deficit, the province's rising net debt — the difference between its liabilities and its total assets — could have a number of negative implications for its finances in the future.

When Auditor General Michael Ferguson prodded Finance Canada last fall to make such comprehensive forecasts available to the public, the department politely declined, noting that «the federal government is not accountable for the fiscal situation of the provinces and territories.»

The report from the auditors general is useful background for what's supposed to be a crucial year.

Second, although the Auditor General concludes that the Department of Finance's fiscal sustainability analyses are based on sound practices, he questions why they are not done for all major initiatives or on a timely basis.

Finally, the Auditor General's report observes that background material produced internally for the Department of Finance in 2009 concluded that the elderly benefit system was sustainable in the long term.

As a general rule, auditors general are a courteous bunch, so their report makes room for an official response to their critiques from the country's federal and provincial deputy ministers of the environment.

The Auditor General recommends that the Government honour its 2007 Budget commitment and publish fiscal sustainability reports for both the federal government and provincial governments, on a regular basis.

This is not the first time the Auditor General has called for the Government to provide Parliamentarians and Canadians with long - term fiscal sustainability reports.

The Auditor General has also recommended that the federal government provided long - term sustainability analyses for the total government sector.

They are also calling for the auditor general to do mandatory performance audits of the Commons and Senate every three years.

In her Opinion on the 2009 - 10 condensed financial statements, the Auditor General noted that she would be commenting in more detail on «significant accounting changes to the accounts for the Employment Insurance program», which she wanted to draw to Parliament's attention.

The major issue, in the Auditor General's Spring Report, which captured media and public attention, was the revelation that only $ 9.8 billion of the $ 12.9 billion earmarked for the Public Security and Anti-Terrorism Initiative (PSAT) could be accounted for, leaving an unexplained shortfall of $ 3.1 billion.

The machinations led to auditor general Bonnie Lysyk criticizing Premier Kathleen Wynne's government for «high - risk» bailout of MaRS in her 2014 annual report.

Auditor General Carol Bellringer released her damning report this morning on nearly $ 400 million in contracts with IBM for workstation support services for 50,000 workstations in six health authorities.

This issue has been under review by officials of the Treasury Board Secretariat for a number of years, but the Treasury Board has failed to act on the recommendation of the Auditor General.

VICTORIA — New Democrat Leader John Horgan is calling for the resignation of Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett after B.C.'s Auditor General blamed failures in his ministry for the tailings pond breach at Mount Polley.

Meanwhile, the interim auditor general has mused again that, in regards to the use of border infrastructure funds for G8 Legacy projects, «lawyers could have an interesting debate as to whether any laws were broken.»

The Auditor General this past November slammed Veterans Affairs for lengthy wait times for treatment.

If the government refuses to go with a public inquiry then the next premier should direct the Auditor General to conduct a review of airplane usage for all MLAs and their staff from Sept 2012 to Mar 2014.

EDMONTON — Today, NDP Leader Rachel Notley released a letter in which Alberta Auditor General Merwyn Saher advised Notley he would be proceeding with an investigation into the province's methodology for calculating and reporting the conditions of healthcare facilities and the process for determining condition ratings of hospitals.

You might have thought that the auditor general's report and the KPMG audit amounted to a repudiation of the Harper government's accounting for the F - 35.

That, in light of $ 3.1 billion of missing funds outlined in Chapter Eight of the 2013 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada, an order of the House do issue for the following documents from 2001 to the present, allowing for redaction based on national security: (a) all Public Security and Anti-Terrorism annual reports submitted to the Treasury Board Secretariat; (b) all Treasury Board submissions made as part of the Initiative; (c) all departmental evaluations of the Initiative; (d) the Treasury Board corporate database established to monitor funding; that these records be provided to the House in both official languages by June 17, 2013; that the Speaker make arrangements for these records to be made available online; and that the Auditor - General be given all necessary resources to perform an in - depth forensic audit until the missing $ 3.1 billion is found and accounted for.

Earlier this year the Auditor General slammed the Christy Clark government for its weak oversight of the mining industry, and failure to properly monitor Mount Polley before the disaster.

The Auditor General identified three possible explanations for the missing $ 3.1 billion.

They had sued the Auditor General over audit reports alleging corruption cover up, taken the Smarttys re-spraying and branding of 116 new buses for the Ministry of Transport crying corruption in the payment to the private company owned by Selassie Ibrahim for the work done and paid for by the state.

The office of the SGF had directed Ukura to proceed on retirement, ordering the FCSC to set in motion machinery for the appointment of a new auditor - general.

Before her appointment, Anyanwu was the director of audit in - charge of Legislature, Judiciary and Security Agencies Department of the Office of the Auditor - General for the Federation.

In this regard, a number of major interventions have been undertaken, including but not limited to the following: • Enhanced oversight responsibility for public procurement with the appointment of a Minister of State for Public Procurement • The introduction of e-procurement by the Public Procurement Authority • Implementation of a paperless system at Port • Implementation of smart vehicle registration and drivers license by the DVLA • Enhanced investigation of corruption in the public service by the Office of the Auditor General, EOCO, National Security, and other State Investigative Institutions.

The 2013 Auditor General's Report faulted the ECG for experiencing high system losses in its distribution networks.

The Inspector General's audit report also claimed that senior officials under Mr. Cuomo sought to impede investigators examining the program and took the unusual step of asking the Inspector General's office for the names of HUD employees who spoke with auditors.

To this extent, several measures have been initiated for the strengthening of our asset recovery legislation, investigating agencies and the Auditor - General's office, including through non-conviction based confiscation powers and the introduction of unexplained wealth orders.

Nwosu, who is the Auditor - General for Local Governments in Imo State, said, «At the local government level, with the granting of financial autonomy to the local government councils, there arose a greater need to strengthen the capacity of the office of auditors - general for local goverGeneral for Local Governments in Imo State, said, «At the local government level, with the granting of financial autonomy to the local government councils, there arose a greater need to strengthen the capacity of the office of auditors - general for local govergeneral for local governments.

Earlier, Nwosu said the country could not entrench accountability and transparency in the public service without guaranteed autonomy through administrative and financial independence for auditors - general at the three tiers of government.

«Financial autonomy to the local government councils without granting autonomy through administrative and financial independence to the auditors - general for local governments will be counter-productive.»

He said, «I want to urge the Conference of the Auditors - General for Local Governments in Nigeria to join hands with the Senate in ensuring that governments at all levels get all the revenues that are due to them.»

This compelled pressure group, OccupyGhana, to drag the Auditor General to the Supreme Court for an order, directing the Auditor General to surcharge persons who cause such financial infractions.

Donald A. Bailey, a member of Congress from Pennsylvania between 1978 and 1982, and Pennsylvania's Auditor between 1984 and 1988, will run for Pennsylvania Attorney General this year as an independent, according to this story.

In many states where the following positions are elected offices, voters elected state executive branch offices (including Lieutenant Governors (though some will be voted for on the same ticket as the gubernatorial nominee), Secretary of state, state Treasurer, state Auditor, state Attorney General, state Superintendent of Education, Commissioners of Insurance, Agriculture or, Labor, etc.) and state judicial branch offices (seats on state Supreme Courts and, in some states, state appellate courts).