Tag: News in Brief

To achieve positive, long-term outcomes, James-Christian Blockwood, Managing Director of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Strategic Planning and External Liaison (SPEL) office, believes creatively and critically thinking about emerging trends and future challenges and collaborating with experts are necessary efforts…

Ms. Goh Soon Poh was appointed Auditor General of Singapore on February 8, 2018, by the President of Singapore. She succeeds Mr. Tan Yoke Meng Willie, who retired on the same date. Prior to joining the Auditor General’s Office (AGO)…

The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru, Peru’s Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) hosted the 2018 Annual International Integrity Conference (CAII) in Lima in December. The conference…

A key decision of the 2017 European Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (EUROSAI) Congress was that one-year project groups could be established by State Audit Institutions (SAIs). The State Audit Office (SAO) of Hungary took this opportunity and created…

On November 9, 2018, Dr. Mari Kobayashi, Acting President of the Board of Audit of Japan (the Board), submitted the Fiscal Year 2017 audit report to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The audit report, containing results on audits the Board conducted in 2017-2018, includes…

In 2019, the fourth peer review of the National Audit Office of Lithuania (NAOL) will begin. The peer review team—European Court of Auditors (ECA) (team leader), Supreme Audit Office of Poland and National Audit Office (NAO) of the United Kingdom—will assess…

Iran’s Supreme Audit Court (SAC) submitted its 2017 Annual Audit Report to parliament in accordance with the national constitution. Dr. Adel Azar, SAC President, thanked efforts put forth by colleagues as part of his summary report presentation, which…

“We have many ideas, proposals and innovations aimed at strengthening the role of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI). It’s an ambitious goal, but one I believe is attainable in the foreseeable future.” Inspiring words about the audit community’s huge creative potential from Aleksey Kudrin…

The Accountability State Authority of Egypt (ASA) chaired the 12th meeting of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) Working Group on the Fight Against Corruption and Money Laundering (WGFACML) hosted by SAI Mexico in October 2018. ASA President and WGFACML Chair, H.E. Hesham Badawy…

The Board of Audit of Japan (the Board), the nation’s Supreme Audit Institution (SAI), recently published the “History of the Board of Audit from 1880 to 2010,” which describes the development of government auditing in Japan since the Board’s establishment in 1880. The 130-year chronicle provides readers with…

The State Audit Office (SAO) of Hungary hosted a seminar for the European Organization of Regional External Public Finance Audit Institutions (EURORAI) in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, in October 2018. Nearly 180 experts from 70 regional external public finance audit institutions in 25 countries attended the international seminar that focused on…

The Accountability State Authority (ASA) of Egypt, as one of four members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa’s (COMESA) Board of External Auditors 2018-2020, participated in auditing accounts of COMESA institutions and the Secretariat for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2017. The audit…

“Together we will safeguard Kuwait’s funds.” The State Audit Bureau (SAB) of Kuwait recently published the “2018 Citizens Report”—the first publication that addresses citizens with an aim to raise awareness about the SAB, its role in protecting public funds and citizen involvement in overseeing the community. The publication urges…

On January 16, 2019, the National Audit Office of Lithuania (NAOL) celebrated the Centenary of its establishment, an anniversary marking a challenging, yet colorful, history. The NAOL continues to make every effort to be recognized as an independent Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) that is…

During a special ceremony held at Peru’s Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) headquarters, Peru’s Comptroller General, Mr. Nelson Shack Yalta, delivered the Institutional Strategic Plan (2018-2023), Multi-Annual Audit Plan and Action Plan to the President of SAI Honduras, Mr. Roy Pineda Castro, as part of a Memorandum of Understanding…

The United Kingdom (UK) National Audit Office hosted the 14th Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) conference in September 2018, where SAI delegates from each of the nine partner nations involved (Australia, Canada, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, UK and United States) met to exchange insights from audit work and share knowledge of the most expensive weapons procurement program in the world…

The Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Pakistan was recently reorganized to provide more effective, harmonized and streamlined audit coverage. The Audit of the Energy sector was divided among several audit sections…

The National Audit Office of Malta (NAOM) hosted the 2018 European Union (EU) Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) Contact Committee Liaison Officers Meeting earlier this year. The event, held to prepare for the EU Contact Committee meeting, which took place in Croatia in October, included…

Poland has declared its commitment to implement the United Nations (UN) Agenda 2030 and the agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a task which calls for cooperation from the entire administration and all relevant stakeholders. A new development model for Poland, outlined in the government’s…

The Chamber of Deputies of the United Mexican States appointed Mr. David Rogelio Colmenares-Páramo as Auditor General of Mexico for the years 2018-2026.Mr. Colmenares-Páramo earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and has held numerous public sector positions to include…

The Turkish Court of Accounts (TCA), which has been conducting Information Technology (IT) audits for more than 15 years, has recently been given a new assignment—to ensure audit efficiency for e-government projects in the public sector…

The Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) of Slovenia and Malta share a common mission and similar objectives. Because of this, Tomaž Vesel, President, SAI Slovenia, and Charles Deguara, Auditor General, SAI Malta, signed an employee exchange agreement earlier this year designed to…