Oversight Tips

Public Accounts Committees and Research Support – Part 2:

Obtaining Additional Research Support to Fit Your Needs

You have determined that your PAC needs additional research support. Now what? Here is some information that will help you determine potential next steps.

Public Accounts Committees and Research Support – Part 1:

Assessing your Needs and Capacity

The first article of this two-part series will help you determine if your public accounts committee (PAC) needs additional research support.

How Effective Questioning of Witnesses Can Make for Effective Hearings

Asking the right questions will lead to informative answers. To make public accounts committee (PAC) hearings as effective as possible, committee members should be prepared to question witnesses in a manner that gets to the core issues.

Improving Follow-up with Action Plans

Requesting an action plan from audited organizations is one of the easiest things a public accounts committee (PAC) can do to improve how it tracks a department’s implementation of the auditor general’s recommendations.

5 Practices Your Public Accounts Committee Can Adopt to Improve Cross-Party Collaboration

The role of the PAC is different than that of other committees. PAC members need to work together across parties and focus on ensuring accountability and improving public administration.