DRIVING RESULTS: HOW DATA MODELS CAN ADD VALUE TO PERFORMANCE AUDITS
by Jessica Schafer, Performance Audit Manager, Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia
Public sector agencies generate large amounts of data from their program management activities, but not all agencies extract the full value out of their data. However, auditors can help close this gap. By using data analytics tools and data models, auditors can mine an agency’s data to generate novel and valuable insight about the effectiveness of programs and services. In this article, Jessica Schafer of the Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia explains how using a data model during an audit of commercial vehicle safety helped her team to provide new information to government officials and legislators on the effectiveness of roadside inspections and traffic enforcement.
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