Unsolicited proposals: NSW on the right track a decade after AWH by Harley Dennett | 0 comments Wracked by a highly public ICAC investigation that became a byword for unscrupulous lobbying in NSW, DPC set out to build a new unsolicited proposals framework. The Audit Office has given it the thumbs up.
Tom Burton: Service NSW v auditor war misses the digital point by Tom Burton | 0 comments OPINION: The dispute between the NSW Audit Office and Service NSW risks missing the much bigger benefits that come from large-scale digitalisation. Accountability is important, but so is innovation.
Service NSW stands by benefits for customers, disputes Audit Office by Mike Pratt & Rachna Gandhi | 0 comments The benefits of Service NSW are coming, the state's customer service commissioner insists. Responding to an audit critical of overblown and unprovable benefit claims, he says the process is still in the early stages.
Audit takes the shine off Service NSW project by Stephen Easton | 0 comments Overly optimistic business cases for NSW's new one-stop shop haven't produced the promised benefits ... yet. While the concept is valid, it appears nobody knows whose role it is to monitor overall savings.
NSW appoints state’s first female auditor-general by Stephen Easton | 0 comments A deputy secretary with the NSW Department of Family and Community Services has been chosen by Premier Mike Baird as the state's new auditor-general — the first female in the role.
NSW auditor general calls for stronger powers by David Donaldson | 0 comments Acting New South Wales auditor general Tony Whitfield has reiterated his predecessor Grant Hehir’s call for his office to gain “follow the dollar” powers already in place in other states, as well as the ability to audit local councils. Whitfield used the Audit Office of New South Wales annual report to “encourage” the NSW government [...]
Productivity measurement rethink in NSW to be led by Treasury by David Donaldson | 0 comments NSW Treasury will soon help agencies improve productivity and efficiency reporting, but the Department of Education and Communities has pushed back on narrow audit office productivity measures.
