May 2017 Report News Release

Edmonton—The Report of the Auditor General of Alberta—May 2017 was tabled in the Alberta Legislature this afternoon. In his report, Alberta’s Auditor General Merwan Saher presented the results of recent performance audits conducted by his office. There are four new and five repeated recommendations to various government departments and agencies in this report. The five repeated recommendations were made because the auditor general was not assured that enough had been done to implement the previous recommendations made by his office.

Stand-alone Performance Auditing—New Audits

• Justice and Solicitor General—Funding Sustainable and Cost-Effective Legal Aid Services
• Service Alberta—Systems to Manage a Comprehensive Inventory of IT Applications
• Treasury Board and Finance—Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses of the Premier, Ministers, Associate Ministers and Their Staff

Stand-alone Performance Auditing—Follow-up Audits

• Environment and Parks—Alberta Climate Change Office—Follow-up Audit on Managing the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation—Alberta Emissions Offset Registry
• Indigenous Relations—Follow-up Audit on Systems to Assess First Nations Development Fund Grants
• Seniors and Housing—Follow-up Audit on Alberta Social Housing Corporation’s Contracting Policy
• Treasury Board and Finance—Follow-up Audit on Oversight of the Premier’s and Ministers’ Expenses

Other Work

• Advanced Education—Post-secondary Institutions Report Card
• Justice and Solicitor General—Progress Report on Control Systems at the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee