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To ensure departmental compliance with Treasury Board policies, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) conducts strategic, risk-based evaluations and internal audits of all programs and operations. The internal audits are outlined in the Indian and Northern Affairs Risk-Based Audit Plan 2008–2009 to 2010–2011 and presented in the table below.
Based on findings from the audit of Community Economic Development, the department improved its accountability and due-diligence measures to guarantee funding is directed to economic-development projects most likely to improve the conditions of First Nations, Métis and Inuit.
The audit activity related to Registration and Membership helped the department ensure the roll-out of a new Secure Certificate of Indian Status card would meet the needs of government and users while also minimizing security risks.
Meanwhile, the recommendations provided in the audits of the Office of the Federal Interlocutor and the Northern Air Stage Funding Subsidy (Food Mail) has helped both offices strengthen their management-control frameworks.
The audit of Capital Facilities and Maintenance identified opportunities for the department to strengthen its management-control framework and adopt a more structured risk-management approach to ensure resources are used effectively.
Management Practices Reviews of a number of regional headquarters and HQ sectors discerned best practices and pinpointed opportunities for improvement in financial management, human-resources management, contracting, grants and contributions administration, and strategic planning and coordination. The cycle of reviews of all regional headquarters and HQ sectors will be completed in early 2009–10, with key findings guiding future audit activity.
Name of Internal Audit | Internal Audit Type | Status | Expected Completion Date |
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Office of the Federal Interlocutor | Internal Management, Transfer Payment | Completed | February 2008 |
Registration and Membership — Secure Certificate of Indian Status TRA | Program Development | Completed | April 2008 |
Audit of IT Security | Internal Management | Completed | April 2008 |
Audit of Northern Air Stage Funding Subsidy | Internal Management | Completed | June 2008 |
Human Resources Planning and Resourcing | Internal Management | Completed | June 2008 |
Community Economic Development Funding | Transfer Payment | Completed | September 2008 |
Capital Facilities and Maintenance | Transfer Payment | Completed | December 2008 |
Audit of Self-Government, including Comprehensive Claims — Preliminary Survey | Transfer Payment | Completed | December 2008 |
Child and Family Services | Follow-Up | Cancelled Due to OAG Audit | N/A |
Regional Headquarters | Management Practices Review | In Progress | Various |
Grants and Contributions — Departmental Controls — Quality Assurance and Intervention Policy | Transfer Payment | In Progress | January 2009 |
Aboriginal Business Canada | Follow-Up | In Progress | January 2009 |
Post-Secondary Education | Transfer Payment | In Progress | January 2009 |
Capacity Development | Transfer Payment | In Progress | January 2009 |
Audit of Natural Resources and Environmental Management | Transfer Payment | In Progress | January 2009 |
Audit of Strategic Policy and Planning (Preliminary Survey) | Internal Management | In progress | February 2009 |
Contingent Liabilities, Environmental Liabilities | Internal Management | In Progress | April 2009 |
Audit of Band Support Funding | Transfer Payment | In Progress | April 2009 |
Audit of Revenues, Loans, and Accounts Receivable Department and Flow-Through Funding (Three Auditable Units) | Internal Management | In Progress | April 2009 |
Audit of Documentation and Records Management | Internal Management | In Progress | April 2009 |
Audit of Non-Proposal Driven Economic Development (Preliminary Survey) | Transfer Payment | In Progress | April 2009 |
Audit of Elementary and Secondary Schools | Transfer Payment | In Progress | May 2009 |
Audit of Specific Claims | Transfer Payment | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Grants and Contributions — Departmental Controls, Horizontal Departmental Audit (Scope TBD) | Transfer Payment | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT) Policy, Planning and Management Audit (Scope TBD) | Internal Management | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Post-Implementation Audit of First Nations and Inuit Transfer Payment System | Internal Management | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Audit of PeopleSoft | Internal Management | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Horizontal Departmental Audit of Training and Development | Internal Management | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Preliminary Survey of Internal and External Communications | Internal Management | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Legal Services and Litigation Management Audits | Internal Management | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Audit of Income Assistance | Transfer Payment | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Audit of Family Violence and Other Social Services | Transfer Payment | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Audit of Emergency | Internal Management, Transfer Payment | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Horizontal Departmental Audit of Financial Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting | Internal Management | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Audit of Procurement/Contracting | Internal Management | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Audit of Travel and Hospitality | Internal Management | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Audit of Organizational Design and Classification | Internal Management | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Audit of Communications (Scope TBD) | Internal Management | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Audit of Compliance Monitoring | Internal Management | Planned | 2009-2010 |
Regional Headquarters (TBD) Audits (Scope TBD) | Internal Management | Planned | 2009-2010/ 2010-2011 |
Audit of System Under Development or Application in Place — (TBD) | Internal Management | Planned | 2010-2011 |
For more information, click on the following links and access INAC's:
Internal audit and evaluation reports
Evaluation Plan 2008–2009 to 2012–2012
Risk-Based Audit Plan 2008–2009 to 2010–2011