Summary
Department
We recommend the department consistently apply its policies when recommending to Treasury Board Committee to approve a payment based on agreement request—see below.
We repeat our 2014 recommendation for the department to update and follow its enterprise risk management system by identifying, monitoring, communicating and appropriately mitigating relevant risks—see page 134. The department has implemented our 2014 recommendations to:
- improve access controls to the information systems for tax and revenue administration—see page 135.
- appropriately approve tax refunds in accordance with legislation—see page 136.
We followed up on our 2008 and 2009 audits of CEO Selection, Evaluation and Compensation, and Executive Compensation. We are withdrawing our recommendations—see Performance Auditing page 97.
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
There are no new recommendations to the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission in this report. The Commission has implemented our recommendation to improve its
systems to manage access by external vendors to its IT systems—see Performance Audit Report, page 29.
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
There are no new recommendations to the Alberta Investment Management Corporation in this report.
ATB Financial
There are no new recommendations to ATB Financial in this report. ATB Financial has implemented our 2013 recommendations to fix the borrower risk ratings in the banking system—see page 136.