Sentences with phrase «by auditor general»

A report released in May by Auditor General Michael Ferguson says that although some steps have been taken, these are «not sufficient» and there are still irregularities in the process.

The Commons Public Accounts Committee is expected to vote this week if it will ask for an audit of the process by the Auditor General of Canada.

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].

It's all part of the government's effort to address oversight concerns with the temporary foreign worker program flagged last year by auditor general Michael Ferguson.

(6) All accounts respecting such fees and expenses shall be audited by the Auditor General.

As disclosed by the Auditor General, if Thunder Bay produces any power, it will cost $ 1,500 per megawatt hour (MWh).

Charter school financial data needs to be collected and monitored by the Auditor General's Office just as they are for traditional public districts.

Key Recommendation: Charter school financial data needs to be shared and monitored by the Auditor General just as is done with district schools.

While charters are required to submit annual financial reports to the Department of Education, they are not compiled or analyzed by the Auditor General.

Charter school financial data needs to be shared with and monitored by the Auditor General's Office just as they are for public district schools.

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).

Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agric, Ministry of Trade and Industry so basically we are going to capture a very wide range of the scope with emphasis on the job done by Auditor General... We will look at the Bank of Ghana but most of the work is going to be on 2015 Auditor General report.»

The 2016 Management and Utilization of District Assemblies» Common Fund, and other Statutory Funds reports released by the Auditor General, has revealed that among the 216 Assemblies across the ten regions of Ghana, assemblies in the Greater Region mismanaged the least of funds that were allotted them.

The Vice Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, Samuel Atta Akyea, has described as disgraceful, the high level of financial impropriety uncovered in the accounts of the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) by the Auditor General in 2013 and 2014.

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

Of the total claims audited by the Auditor General, almost 50.0 percent were rejected.

Most recently, he was unwilling to provide reasons as to why $ 3.1 billion of funds, identified by the Auditor General of Canada, allocated to public security and anti-terrorism initiatives, was not spent.

This issue was also raised by the Auditor General in her opinion on the condensed financial statements.

In 2014, Premier Dave Hancock and Justice Minister Jonathan Denis asked the RCMP to investigate findings made by the Auditor General that Ms. Redford and her staff had misused government aircraft.

As noted by the Auditor General, the netting of these revenues understates the «nature and size» of the Government's activities.

«Hopefully stressful delays and confusion can be avoided in the future thanks to the recommendations made by the auditor general.»

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.

A report by the auditor general has found the state government's Pilbara Underground Power Project will cost nearly double the original estimate and be completed six years behind schedule because of poor planning and management.

A RECENT investigation by the Auditor General has added weight to state government plans to amalgamate many Western Australian ports, particularly in regional areas.

Not exact matches

Auditor general Colin Murphy has expressed disappointment with what he claims is the failure by many state government agencies to appropriately manage their IT systems.

More checks and balances are needed to ensure sub-contractors on government jobs are getting paid, according to a report released today by Auditor - General Colin Murphy.

As the paper indicates, companies often struggle with proper tariff classification as «the 2001 Report of the Auditor General of Canada revealed that 29 percent of tariff classifications provided by importers were incorrect, with 48 of the 53 companies examined making at least one error in classification».

The Ontario Auditor General's 2014 Report includes a chapter on Infrastructure Ontario's P3 program that is particularly damning — and corresponds with many of the criticisms made on this blog and elsewhere by myself and others.

The fact that BC Hydro was deferring hundreds of millions of dollars of expenses was flagged by BC's auditor general in 2011.

The union's criticism of BC Hydro accounting practices echoes a warning made last fall by B.C. Auditor General John Doyle.

The auditor general is concerned the dollar amount is building up rapidly and there's no plan to get out of it, said Ralston, noting the total deferred amount is projected to hit $ 5 billion by 2017.

Opposition gathered steam after a 2002 report from Auditor General Sheila Fraser put estimated the registry tab would climb to $ 1 billion by 2005.

On Wednesday, a report published by Quebec's interim auditor general said the PQ's goal of achieving a balanced budget by 2015 - 16 was «to say the least, ambitious,» particularly if it rules out tax hikes and caps government - spending increases at two per cent over the next two years.

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.

I don't know why we didn't have an auditor general's report on the improper use of the planes by all the Progressive Conservative premiers — starting from the time of Mr. Lougheed.

Finance Minister Doug Horner will face criticism over Auditor General Merwan Saher «s investigation into whether the government violated the Government Accountability Act by releasing shortened versions of financials documents during the 1st quarter update of the provincial budget this summer.

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.

There were also many other little nuggets of value like: computing the Intrinsic Value of a scrip, buying scrips in industries within our circle of influence, knowing a company by just looking at the balance sheet, and the auditor's report, value investing in general, admitting one's mistakes, and being objective.

This ruling was passed after a pressure group, Occupy Ghana filed a suit against the Auditor General praying the court to compel them not to only report on financial misappropriations by public officials but to take steps to retrieve all state finances that may have gone into wrong hands.

This was contained in a statement issued by Olawunmi Ogunmosunle, the chief press secretary, Office of the Auditor - General of the Federation in Abuja.

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.

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.

A statement released, Tuesday, September 27, 2016, by the EC and signed by its Director of Communications, Eric Dzakpasu said «candidates are to take note of the requirement to declare their assets to the Auditor General in order to meet the eligibility criteria.»

He also stated that the association was excited by the progress made in the amendment of the Constitution by the National Assembly, adding that the «exercise would greatly remove all constitutional impediments on the granting of autonomy through financial and administrative independence to the Office of the Auditors - General at the federal, state and local governments in the country.»

Saraki also noted the concerns of the association regarding granting autonomy to the offices of the auditors - general throughout the federation by amending the Constitution to strengthen their capacity to carry out their legitimate functions.

The Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866 appointed The Committee of Public Accounts to oversee the work of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG)[1] The Committee continues to be assisted by the C&AG who is a permanent witness at its hearings, along with his staff of the National Audit Office, who provide briefings on each report and assist in the preparation of the Committee's own reports.

The Assembly's decision to spend part of its Common Fund in buying guns for the two politicians has sparked outrage after it was revealed by the Auditor - General.

This came to the fore when the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament chaired by Kwaku Agyeman - Manu, Friday, met officials of the Ministry of Health and the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to interrogate them on the query raised by the Auditor - General in his 2012 audited report.

The Auditor General's Department and the Controller and Account General's Department, are currently validating documents submitted by the three teacher unions for the payment of the over two years salary arrears, and some allowances also in arrears.

Eluned Parrott AM has today written to the Auditor General asking him to investigate the assertion by former First Minister Rhodri Morgan that the decision to invest # 10m on improving roads to Cardiff Bay was based on a verbal agreement that the BBC would build HQ premises there.