Finance
May 6, 2015
Accountability Ensures Strong Fiscal Management
Provincial Government Responds to Auditor General’s Update Report
The Auditor General today released his 2014 Update Report on the status of implementation of recommendations from prior years. The report includes the status of recommendations for 2009 to 2012 related to departments and Crown agencies.
“I would like to acknowledge and thank the Auditor General and his staff for their continued commitment to ensuring that recommendations are implemented and contributing to increasing the effectiveness of programs and services for the people of Newfoundland and Labrador. Our government continues to make significant progress in implementing recommendations. When consideration has been given to recommendations that have been fully or partially implemented, departments and agencies have made progress on 93 per cent, or 549 of the 588 recommendations made from 2009 to 2012.”
- The Honourable Ross Wiseman, Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board
The Auditor General’s Update Report for 2014 focuses on the status of 588 recommendations made from 2009 to 2012.
This year the Auditor General has outlined the following recommendation targets:
- 2009 – 90 per cent for recommendations fully implemented or otherwise resolved; and,
- 2010 to 2012 – 80 per cent for recommendations fully implemented or otherwise resolved.
The Provincial Government exceeded the compliance rate for 2009 with 90 per cent of the recommendations fully implemented and an additional seven per cent partially implemented. For 2010, approximately 77 per cent were fully implemented, with an additional 15 per cent partially implemented. For recommendations issued in 2011, 81 per cent of recommendations were fully implemented, with an additional 14 per cent partially implemented. The recommendations issued in 2012 had 54 per cent fully implemented and an additional 33 per cent partially implemented.
“The Provincial Government has a proven track record of carefully considering all recommendations of the Auditor General. Many of the recommendations have been adopted and we will continue, where possible, to work on full implementation. We continue to strive to improve our implementation rate and welcome all recommendations from the Auditor General as we ensure that programs and services are delivered in the best way possible for all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.”
- Minister Wiseman
QUICK FACTS
- The Auditor General’s 2014 Update Report includes the status of recommendations for 2009 to 2012 related to departments and Crown agencies.
- When consideration has been given to recommendations that have been fully or partially implemented, departments and agencies have made progress on 93 per cent, or 549 of the 588 recommendations made from 2009 to 2012.
- The Provincial Government continues to strive to improve its implementation rate and welcomes all recommendations from the Auditor General to ensure that programs and services are delivered in the best possible way for all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.
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Media contact:
Jennifer Tulk
Director of Communications
Department of Finance
709-729-6830, 728-4104
jennifertulk@gov.nl.ca
2015 05 06 4:00 p.m.