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Audit and Evaluation Annual Report 2009–2010
- 1. Executive Summary
- 2. 1 Introduction
- 3. 2 Findings and Recommendations – Network Governance
- 4. 3 Findings and Recommendations – Network Sustainability and Configuration
- 5. 4 Management Response
- 6. 5 Conclusion
- 7. Annex 1 - Network Configuration
- 8. Annex 2 - Network Configuration Benchmarking
- 9. Annex 3 - Documentation References – Network Governance
- 10. Annex 4 - Network Configuration
- 11. Annex 5 - Interviews – Network Governance
- 12. Annex 6 - Interviews – Network Configuration
Final - March 19, 2010
Audit Key Steps
Planning completed
April 22,2009
Fieldwork completed
November 30, 2009
Draft audit report completed
December 20, 2009
Report sent for management response
February 1, 2010
Management response received
February 11, 2010
Draft report completed
February 18, 2010
Report tabled to the External Audit Advisory Committee
March 19, 2010
Report approved by the Deputy Minister
March 19, 2010
List of abbrs
ADM
Assistant Deputy Minister
ARWR
Total Actual Renewable Water Resources
EC
Environment Canada
GNI
Gross National Income
HYDAT
Hydrometric Database
INAC
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
MSC
Meteorological Service of Canada
NAT
National Administrators Table
NHPCC
National Hydrometric Program Coordinators Committee
QMS
Quality Management Systems
RHBN
Reference Hydrometric Basin Network
WEM
Weather and Environmental Monitoring
WEO
Weather and Environmental Operations
Prepared by the Audit and Evaluation Team
Acknowledgements
The audit team responsible for this project was led by Sophie Boisvert, CIA, and included Stephanie Brossard, Lalit Golani, Yue Yan and Harjit Singh Saini, under the direction of Jean Leclerc, CIA. C. David Sellars, P. Eng., from Schlumberger Water Services (Canada) Inc., led the assessment of the network configuration.
The audit team would like to thank those individuals who contributed to this project and, particularly, employees and managers of the National Hydrometric Program, along with provincial and territorial members of the National Administrators Table and the National Hydrometric Program Coordinators Committee, who provided insights and comments as part of this audit.
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