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17 Jul 18
The European Commission should tighten up its rules for countries with high levels of debt before the next recession, auditors have warned.
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6 Jul 18
The Swiss government should improve measures to fight corruption by state officials and departments after actions were found to be inadequate, auditors have said.
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5 Jun 18
Kenyan government procurement and accounting chiefs have been told to stop working in order to take lie-detector tests in a move to root out corruption.
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4 Jun 18
The European Commission is failing to demonstrate the effectiveness of counter-radicalisation measures funded by the European Union, auditors have said.
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26 Apr 18
Accrual accounting is “fundamental for informed decision-making”, Jamaica’s auditor general has said, as she called for greater adoption of international accountancy standards.
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16 Apr 18
European Union investments in business have not led to durable and long-lasting success in around a fifth of cases, auditors have found.
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20 Mar 18
EU public private partnerships are not economically viable and only have limited benefits, resulting in billions of euros being inefficiently spent, European auditors have said.
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6 Mar 18
Independent regulators in Africa met last week to strengthen auditing and accounting regulations across the continent by formalising a common base and adopting international standards.
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1 Mar 18
The government of Ghana will give $2m in a move to make the national audit service paperless to “protect the public purse”.
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16 Feb 18
The EU budget should place greater emphasis on accountability and transparency and be able to react more flexibly to unforeseen circumstances, auditors have said.
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29 Jan 18
The Pakistani government has introduced public sector auditing reforms to align its accounting procedures with international standards.
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19 Jan 18
The public sector should be involved in developing proposed changes to the entire system of international standard-setting for auditors, the International Federation of Accountants has told PF.
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9 Nov 17
Accountants from across the globe consider grant misspending to be the top public sector fraud risk, according to research co-released by CIPFA today.
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2 Nov 17
Bangladesh’s public finances were already suffering because of poor economic management, political crises and corruption, when it took on the cost of its huge support to Rohingya refugees....
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4 Oct 17
European Union plans to introduce a common railway signalling system across the bloc is running behind schedule and the implementation target could be missed, auditors have warned.
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25 Jul 17
The US Department of Defense must improve the reliability of its cost savings estimates, auditors have warned.
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30 Jun 17
France’s new government must make cuts to tackle the country’s deficit after the last administration over spend its budget in the final months, the French public audit office has said.
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30 Jun 17
European Union funds intended to support young farmers are not being well targeted or linked to any defined outcomes or results, auditors have found.
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27 Jun 17
As inspector general of the US House of Representatives, Theresa Grafenstine is interested in real facts, not alternative ones
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10 May 17
The US has suspended $21m in aid to Kenya’s Ministry of Health due to concerns over “weak accounting procedures”.
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5 May 17
National audit bodies’ role in scrutinising the European Union’s agricultural spending is flawed and falls short of international standards, the bloc’s auditors have concluded.
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2 May 17
Tanzania’s president has sacked almost 1,000 civil servants and ordered their salaries for April to be withheld with immediate effect after they were found to have forged school and university...
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2 May 17
European Court of Auditors president Klaus-Heiner Lehne talks to PF about reform, Brexit and the role of facts in a ‘post-truth’ world
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2 May 17
Mozambique is to benefit from $1.7bn in World Bank funds until 2021 under a new programme that will initially concentrate on tackling the consequences of the country’s hidden borrowing.
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5 Apr 17
Progress is being made with European Union member state’s partnership spending plans, but performance measures are too complex, auditors have concluded.
17 Jul 18The European Commission should tighten up its rules for countries with high levels of debt before the next recession, auditors have warned.
6 Jul 18The Swiss government should improve measures to fight corruption by state officials and departments after actions were found to be inadequate, auditors have said.
5 Jun 18Kenyan government procurement and accounting chiefs have been told to stop working in order to take lie-detector tests in a move to root out corruption.
4 Jun 18The European Commission is failing to demonstrate the effectiveness of counter-radicalisation measures funded by the European Union, auditors have said.
26 Apr 18Accrual accounting is “fundamental for informed decision-making”, Jamaica’s auditor general has said, as she called for greater adoption of international accountancy standards.
16 Apr 18European Union investments in business have not led to durable and long-lasting success in around a fifth of cases, auditors have found.
6 Mar 18Independent regulators in Africa met last week to strengthen auditing and accounting regulations across the continent by formalising a common base and adopting international standards.
1 Mar 18The government of Ghana will give $2m in a move to make the national audit service paperless to “protect the public purse”.
16 Feb 18The EU budget should place greater emphasis on accountability and transparency and be able to react more flexibly to unforeseen circumstances, auditors have said.
29 Jan 18The Pakistani government has introduced public sector auditing reforms to align its accounting procedures with international standards.
19 Jan 18The public sector should be involved in developing proposed changes to the entire system of international standard-setting for auditors, the International Federation of Accountants has told PF.
9 Nov 17Accountants from across the globe consider grant misspending to be the top public sector fraud risk, according to research co-released by CIPFA today.
2 Nov 17Bangladesh’s public finances were already suffering because of poor economic management, political crises and corruption, when it took on the cost of its huge support to Rohingya refugees....
4 Oct 17European Union plans to introduce a common railway signalling system across the bloc is running behind schedule and the implementation target could be missed, auditors have warned.
25 Jul 17The US Department of Defense must improve the reliability of its cost savings estimates, auditors have warned.
30 Jun 17France’s new government must make cuts to tackle the country’s deficit after the last administration over spend its budget in the final months, the French public audit office has said.
30 Jun 17European Union funds intended to support young farmers are not being well targeted or linked to any defined outcomes or results, auditors have found.
27 Jun 17As inspector general of the US House of Representatives, Theresa Grafenstine is interested in real facts, not alternative ones
10 May 17The US has suspended $21m in aid to Kenya’s Ministry of Health due to concerns over “weak accounting procedures”.
5 May 17National audit bodies’ role in scrutinising the European Union’s agricultural spending is flawed and falls short of international standards, the bloc’s auditors have concluded.
2 May 17Tanzania’s president has sacked almost 1,000 civil servants and ordered their salaries for April to be withheld with immediate effect after they were found to have forged school and university...
2 May 17European Court of Auditors president Klaus-Heiner Lehne talks to PF about reform, Brexit and the role of facts in a ‘post-truth’ world
2 May 17Mozambique is to benefit from $1.7bn in World Bank funds until 2021 under a new programme that will initially concentrate on tackling the consequences of the country’s hidden borrowing.
5 Apr 17Progress is being made with European Union member state’s partnership spending plans, but performance measures are too complex, auditors have concluded.
