Auditor General ‘disappointed’ in latest review
Posted October 1, 2012 3:15 pm.
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VICTORIA (NEWS1130) – BC’s Auditor General says government agencies aren’t doing enough to fulfill recommendations he has made.
John Doyle’s fall follow-up report includes 16 self-assessments by government organizations, including reviews by the BC Coroners Service, the Langley School District and an audit of the Agricultural Land Commission.
Assistant Auditor General Mike Macdonell says agencies have done well in the past following through on their recommendations, but less so this time.
Of the 86 recommendations followed-up on in this report, 27 were found by the agencies themselves to be fully or substantially carried out. Of the rest, 54 were partially addressed.
“There are six recommendations where there has been no action taken and of those six, four are from the IT [information technology] area,” says Macdonell. Quite frankly, that is disappointing to the office.”
“The ones from the Ministry of Labour and from Camosun College are a bit disappointing in the sense that there’s been partial implementation or no action taken for a couple, and these are reports that have been out now for a couple of years,” adds Macdonell.
Other agencies in the report include:
* An Audit of the Environmental Assessment Office’s Oversight of
Certified Projects
* Organizational Costing of Fee-Based Goods and Services
* The Status of Enterprise Risk Management in the Government Ministries
of British Columbia
* Conservation of Ecological Integrity in B.C. Parks and Protected
Areas
* Audit of the Agricultural Land Commission
* Information Security Management: An Audit of How Well Government is
Identifying and Assessing Its Risks
* Wireless Networking Security in Government: Phase 3
* Upkeep of the Provincial Roads Network by the Ministry of
Transportation and Infrastructure
* Managing Fraud Risks in Government
* Year-End Government Transfer Expenditures
* Wireless Networking Security in Government: Phase 2
* IT Continuity Planning in Government
