Our current annual plan sets out an exciting new direction for the Wales Audit Office. The one thing that has stuck with me since I read the plan was the clear and long overdue focus on ‘why we are here’. To put it succinctly we have a privileged position to assure, explain and inspire. And…
The problem is, people committing fraud in the public sector see it as taking from others, not taking from themselves. The solution is less simple to wrap-up in one sentence, but encompasses fraud awareness, fraud prevention, fraud detection, pursuing fraud cases robustly and publicising those cases and learning from them. I’m Steve, Director of Finance…
An ambitious future? Following a referendum on the National Assembly for Wales’s legislative powers held in March 2011, the people of Wales voted in favour of granting the National Assembly for Wales further powers for making laws in Wales in devolved areas. This important decision has culminated in some significant legislation as the country embarks…
As part of our recruitment campaign, we have asked some of our Apprentices to blog about what it is like to be an apprentice at the Wales Audit Office. Here Jordan talks about her experience in her first year. To find out more and to apply, please visit our website. My name is Jordan and…
As part of our recruitment campaign, we have asked a few of our apprentices to blog about what it is like to be an apprentice at the Wales Audit Office. Here Emma Thomas talks about her first year. To find out more and to apply, please visit our website. My name is Emma and I’m…
As part of our recruitment campaign, we have asked some of our Apprentices to blog about what it is like to be an apprentice at the Wales Audit Office. Here Lewis Ball talks about his experience so far… To find out more and to apply, please visit our website. An apprenticeship at the Wales Audit…
Eight months into his role as Auditor General for Wales, Adrian Crompton sets out a fresh ambition for the Wales Audit Office – to unleash its full potential as a catalyst for improvement in the public sector in Wales. When I took up the post of Auditor General, I spent my first few months travelling…
So, you know how it is. You have just polished off a banana and you need to get rid of the slimy skin. But which bin to put it these days in is a potential banana skin in itself. Now it’s easy enough at home but we have been talking in our office about how…
With corporate audit grabbing the headlines for the wrong reasons Adrian Crompton, the Auditor General for Wales, provides his perspective on the state of public sector audit in Wales. Corporate failures and accounting scandals seem to have been hitting the financial pages with ever greater frequency in recent years. You can hardly open a newspaper…
Like many who will have been involved with the Scout or Guide movements in their childhood, some basic precepts were instilled in me from a young age – including the Scout motto: ‘Be Prepared’. On entering the world of work, I was later introduced to the 6 P’s model: “Perfect Planning and Preparation Prevents…
Prevention in practice? Friday 30 November saw groups and organisations across the UK come together to celebrate Carers’ Rights Day. And despite the grey, autumnal day outside, the mood in Cardiff Council’s County Hall – where I was invited to attend the Council’s Carers Staff Network event – was anything but gloomy. Carers’ Rights Day…
