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Upcoming Internal Audits (Next three fiscal years)

The table below outlines all current and planned audit activities for the next three fiscal years to 2013-14. For any of the recently completed or ongoing audits, electronic links are not yet available, due to status of the report (i.e., currently under review, undergoing translation, etc.).


Name of Internal Audit Internal Audit Type Status Expected Completion Date
Review of Values and Ethics Management Framework Corporate Governance Completed 2009-10
Audit of Acquisition Cards – 2008-09 Financial Management and Controls In progress 2009-10
Audit of Facilities Management and Related Equipment Corporate Governance In progress 2009-10
Audit of Integrated Risk Management Corporate Governance In progress 2009-10
Audit of Occupational Safety and Health Corporate Governance In progress 2009-10
Audit of Financial Management Financial Management and Controls In progress 2010-11
Audit of NRC's Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) Transfer payments Planned 2010-11
Audit of Human Resources Corporate Governance Planned 2010-11
Audit of Capital Investment and Planning Financial Management and Controls Planned 2011-12
Audit of Horizontal Initiatives Financial Management and Controls Planned 2011-12
Audit of Industry Partnership Facilities Financial Management and Controls Planned 2011-12
Follow-up to 2006-07 Audit of Management of IT Security Corporate Governance Planned 2011-12
Audit of Research Management Financial Management and Controls Planned 2012-13
Audit of Contracts Financial Management and Controls Planned 2012-13
Review of Values and Ethics Management Framework Corporate Governance Planned 2012-13
Follow-up to 2008-09 Audit of Construction Contracts Financial Management and Controls Planned 2012-13
Follow-up to 2009-10 Audit of Integrated Risk Management Corporate Governance Planned 2012-13
Audit of Planning and Prioritization Corporate Governance Planned 2013-14
Audit of Hospitality – 2012-13 Financial Management and Controls Planned 2013-14
Audit of Travel – 2012-13 Financial Management and Controls Planned 2013-14
Audit of Acquisition Cards – 2012-13 Financial Management and Controls Planned 2013-14
Follow-up to 2009-10 Audit of Occupational Safety and Health Corporate Governance Planned 2013-14
Follow-up to 2010-11 Audit of Financial Management Financial Management and Controls Planned 2013-14

Electronic Link to Internal Audit Plan and Reports

Upcoming Evaluations (Next three fiscal years)

The table below outlines all current and planned evaluation activities for the next three fiscal years to 2013-14. For any of the recently completed or ongoing evaluations, electronic links are not yet available, due to status of the report (i.e., currently under review, undergoing translation, etc.).


Name of Evaluation Program Type Status Expected Completion Date
Class Grant to International Affiliations Transfer Payment In progress 2009-10
Evaluation of the NRC Institute for Aerospace Research Ongoing A-base In progress 2010-11
Review of Evaluation Requirements Related to International Telescopes Transfer Payment In progress 2009-10
Evaluation of Clean Air Initiative – Indoor Air Quality Sunsetter Funding In progress 2010-11
Genomics Research and Development (R&D) Initiative Sunsetter Funding In planning stage 2010-11
Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality 2008-2013: Acting for the Future Ongoing A-base Planned 2011-12
NRC's Industrial Research Assistance Program Transfer Payment Planned 2011-12
Evaluation of the NRC Health and Related Life Sciences Technologies Ongoing A-base In planning stage 2012-13
Evaluation of the Grant Program to Enhance Canadian S&T Capacity (Graduate Student Scholarship Supplement Program (GSSSP) and Herzberg Memorial Prize and Fellowship) Transfer Payment Planned 2012-13
Evaluation of Information and Communications Technologies and Emerging Technologies Programs
  • Semiconductor Based Technology Research
  • Information Technology Research
  • Molecular Sciences Research
Ongoing A-base Planned 2013-14
Facility for Sub-Atomic Research (TRIUMF) Transfer Payment Planned 2013-14

Three Year Transfer Payment Program

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