Audit and Evaluation Plan 2007-08 to 2009-10

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Table 3: External Audit and Studies

Title Status
Office of the Auditor General (OAG)/Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD)
OAG/CESD Report – May 2007
  • Managing the Delivery of Legal Services to Government – Justice Canada
  • Environment Canada Legal Services was included in this audit, however, the department is not implicated in this or any other audits for the May 2006 report.
OAG/CESD Report – October 2007
  • Audit of the Implementation of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement in the Western Arctic.
  • Audit of Sustainable Development Strategies.
  • Audit of follow up actions to commitments identified in a response to a petition on Guidelines for Listing Species at Risk.
  • Study/retrospective to describe the impact of petitions on the federal management of various environment and sustainable development issues in Canada.
  • Environment Canada is included in these audits and these audits are underway.
OAG/CESD Report – February 2008
  • Audits on: Managing Selected Toxic Substances Under CEPA; Federal Contaminated Sites; Federal Protected Areas; Species at Risk; Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes; International Environmental Agreements; Strategic Environmental Assessment; and Greening Government Operations.
  • Environment Canada is included in these audits and the audits are underway. These are follow-up audits to work previously undertaken by the OAG.
OAG/CESD Report – May 2008
  • National Environmental and Sustainable Development Indicators
  • An audit on commitments identified in a response to a petition on Sulphur in Fuels
  • Performance audit of professional and other services contracts
  • Environment Canada is included in these audits and the audits are underway.
  • Environment Canada may be included in this audit.
OAG/CESD Report – Fall 2009
  • The Auditor General will also be undertaking an audit of Human Resources related issues.
  • The scope, timelines and tabling date have yet to be determined.
Public Service Commission (PSC)
PSC Report – Fall 2007 (tentative)
  • EX Appointments
  • Audit of Student Hiring
  • Movement of Staff in and out of Minister’s Offices
  • Audit work is underway, tabling date to be determined.
  • Additional work required to complete this audit.
  • This government-wide audit not fully scoped yet but will likely include EC.
Access to Information Commissioner (ATI)
 
  • No indication of studies/projects involving EC to take place in 2007/08.
Commissioner for Official Languages (COL)
 
  • Potential audit(s) for 2007/08. Plan still in development and department will be informed one month before actual audit work begins.
Human Rights Commission (HRC)
 
  • HRC will be auditing Employment Equity in 2007/08 but has not indicated the implications for the department of this audit work.

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