Office of the Auditor-General search results http://www.oag.govt.nz This is a list of the various publications (inquiries, performance audits, discussion papers, corporate documents, and speeches) produced in 2004 (the most recent items are listed first). daily 1 2008-09-25T21:17:41Z Ministry of Defence and NZ Defence Force: Further report on the acquisition and introduction into service of Light Armoured Vehicles http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/lav December 2004: This is our second report about the acquisition of 105 Light Armoured Vehicles for the New Zealand Army. The findings are significant for capital purchasing in the wider public sector... No publisher CJ Wells Defence Performance audit Central government Purchasing/contracting 2007-03-04T07:38:24Z Folder New Zealand Trade and Enterprise: Administration of grant programmes http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/nzte-grants December 2004: We looked at whether the grant programmes were being administered effectively and efficiently, and in keeping with the policy parameters set by Cabinet. NZTE has not yet established a framework to ensure that, for each grant programme, consideration has been given to important aspects of grant administration... No publisher CJ Wells Funding/grant programmes Performance audit Central government 2007-03-04T07:45:13Z Folder New Zealand Trade and Enterprise: Administration of the Visiting Investor Programme http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/nzte-vip December 2004: We looked at the establishment of the Visiting Investor Programme, the policies and procedures governing it, how it has operated, and its evaluation. We also examined the expenditure incurred, and considered whether or not it was appropriate... No publisher CJ Wells Funding/grant programmes Sensitive expenditure Performance audit Central government 2007-03-04T07:40:42Z Folder NZ On Air's funding of NZ Idol http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/funding-nz-idol November 2004, letter to Deborah Coddington MP. No publisher rachael 2008-11-20T06:11:03Z Folder Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology's management of conflicts of interest regarding the Computing Offered On-Line (COOL) programme http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/cpit-cool November 2004: The findings of this inquiry into how CPIT managed conflicts of interest regarding the Computing Offered On-Line programme emphasise the need for public entities to carefully consider the ethical dimensions of conflicts of interest... No publisher CJ Wells Education Inquiry Purchasing/contracting Conflicts of interest 2007-03-04T07:35:46Z Folder Inquiry into the Ministry of Education's monitoring of scholarships administered by the Māori Education Trust http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/scholarships October 2004: The Tertiary Education Commission raised concerns about the financial management of the scholarships by the Māori Education Trust, and the quality of the monitoring by the Ministry of Education... No publisher CJ Wells Funding/grant programmes Education Inquiry Central government 2007-03-04T07:31:33Z Folder Annual report 2003-04 http://www.oag.govt.nz/annual-report/2003-04 September 2004. No publisher CJ Wells Corporate document 2006-12-21T00:16:48Z Folder Working for Families Communications Strategy http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/working-for-families September 2004, letter to Hon Murray McCully MP. No publisher rachael 2008-11-20T06:17:51Z Folder Conflicts of interest - A guide to the Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Act 1968 and non-pecuniary conflicts of interest http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/conflicts-2004 August 2004: This booklet is a guide to the law about conflicts of interest for members of the governing bodies of territorial authorities, regional councils, tertiary institutions, and those other public bodies that are covered by the Local Authorities (Members’ Interests) Act 1968... No publisher CJ Wells Sensitive expenditure Local government Conflicts of interest 2007-06-12T01:06:00Z Folder Local government: Results of the 2002-03 audits http://www.oag.govt.nz/local-govt/2002-03 June 2004, ISBN 0-478-18120-5. No publisher CJ Wells B.29 Local government 2007-03-12T03:46:43Z Folder Central government: Results of the 2002-03 audits http://www.oag.govt.nz/central-govt/2002-03 June 2004, ISBN 0-478-18119-1. No publisher CJ Wells B.29 Central government 2007-01-26T02:31:35Z Folder Annual plan 2004-05 http://www.oag.govt.nz/annual-plan/2004-05 May 2004, ISSN 1175-8258. No publisher CJ Wells Corporate document 2007-01-25T22:54:27Z Folder Local Authorities Working Together http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/working-together May 2004: Working together can be a practical and cost-effective way for local authorities to share experience and resources, tackle common tasks, or take advantage of economies of scale. Working together can bring significant benefits that may not always be in the form of cost savings... No publisher CJ Wells Guidance Performance audit Local government 2007-03-04T07:20:26Z Folder Good Practice for Managing Public Communications by Local Authorities http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/public-communications April 2004: Local authorities will have to determine what practical application they make of our good practice guidance in particular situations. We recommend that the adoption and application of the guidance in this publication be incorporated in a formal communications policy... No publisher CJ Wells Guidance Advertising Local government 2007-03-04T07:18:45Z Folder Accident Compensation Corporation: Case Management of Rehabilitation and Compensation http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/acc April 2004: The organisation is performing better now than it has in the past. Overall, we found no systemic failings in ACC’s case management practices. However, our audit identified areas where improvements can be made for the benefit of both ACC and claimants... No publisher CJ Wells Health Performance audit Central government 2007-03-04T07:16:33Z Folder