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Victorian Auditor General’s audit of the natural resource agency performance
reporting …
VAGO looked at whether performance reporting by three Victorian NRM agencies was being done well.
OCTOBER 2013
• The Victorian EPA is doing performance reporting quite well.
• DEPI is not reporting on performance very well.
• Parks Vic are somewhere in between.
WHAT DOES IT SAY.
OCTOBER 2013
There is still too much reporting of outputs and activities, and not enough reporting of achievement of outcomes.
This applies right through from Budget Paper 3 indicators down to indicators that operational management use.
WHAT ELSE DOES IT SAY.
OCTOBER 2013
The accounting and information management systems for performance data at DEPI and Parks Vic have serious weaknesses.
They lack controls over quality of data, and documentation of data recognition decisions.
WHAT ELSE DOES IT SAY.
OCTOBER 2013
• Like lots of other public service programs, these agencies find it hard to report on achievement of outcomes, so they report on ‘busy-ness’.
• Performance reporting is not done as professionally as financial reporting, and could learn a lot from accounting methods.
• Public confidence in DEPI reporting is probably pretty low.
The comments on these slides are the views of Tim Kirby, Sydney. You should always read the report itself before putting any money on the line.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN.
Tim Kirby, Sydney CA, CIA, LA-EMS
au.linkedin.com/in/timkirbysydney
OCTOBER 2013
• Like lots of other public service programs, these agencies find it hard to report on achievement of outcomes, so they report on ‘busy-ness’.
• Performance reporting is not done as professionally as financial reporting, and could learn a lot from accounting methods.
• Public confidence in DEPI reporting is probably pretty low.
The comments on these slides are the views of Tim Kirby, Sydney. You should always read the report itself before putting any money on the line.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN.
Tim Kirby, Sydney CA, CIA, LA-EMS
au.linkedin.com/in/timkirbysydney
OCTOBER 2013
