Performance Audit
At CCAF, we strive to be a centre of expertise to support the strengthening of performance audit capacity. To achieve this, we focus our efforts in four key areas:
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Webinars 1
Discussion Papers 6
These Discussion Papers are meant to stimulate sharing and innovation in the performance audit community.
What people are saying:
“Root cause analysis will help us craft more insightful recommendations."
– Neil Maxwell, Assistant Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General Canada
"Our new performance audit methodology emphasizes the importance of addressing the underlying causal factors that explain observed deficiencies as well as the impact of those deficiencies"
– Sheila Dodds, Assistant Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia
"Applying root cause analysis helped us to affirm and strengthen our findings and the importance of considering root cause in all phases of an audit"
– Terry Spicer, Assistant Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of Nova Scotia
Practice Guides 2
Practice Guide topics have been supported by CCAF members and stakeholders to provide the most up-to-date methodology on important audit topics.
They provide public sector auditors current guidance that will help them to plan, carry out and report on their audits. By combining theory and practical methodology, our Guides seek to inspire high-quality and high-impact audits at all levels of government.
These Guides have been designed to meet the information needs of auditors at the various stages of their audit projects. If you are:
- looking for information on a topic;
- starting to plan an audit and wondering where to start;
- planning an audit and searching for:
- examples of questions that can be asked to obtain useful knowledge of business;
- indicators of risk;
- information on possible audit approaches;
- examples of suitable audit objectives and criteria;
- wondering if you can use benchmarks during the examination phase of the audit;
- ready to draft your report, but could use some ideas on how to effectively convey your observations;
These Practice Guides are for you!
Audit News > Featured Audits 9
Each edition of Featured Audit profiles a selected performance audit from across Canada, highlighting interesting findings, techniques used, and lessons learned.
Research and Methodology > Audit Tips 27
Each edition of Audit Tips highlights good practices and provides practical advice for performance auditors on a selected theme.
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Research and Methodology > Research Highlights 6
Each edition of Research Highlights explores an important trend or emerging risk that may impact audit offices and their practices.
Research and Methodology > Voices from the Field 38
In Voices from the Field, senior auditors and experts from Canada and other countries share their knowledge on important performance audit topics.
Voices from the Field is dedicated to sharing good practices and innovations. If you would like to submit an idea for a short article for this series, please send a one-paragraph proposal to this address: research@caaf-fcar.ca.
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