Duncan Mackenzie, Performance Auditor, tells us more about the calls for evidence he and the Local Government Studies team undertook recently to inform their 2018-19 studies and why they are important for our work. In the world of audit, opinions matter. The cliché exists that auditing is just about crunching numbers, but in reality they…
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Every year we work on a number of reports which focus on different areas of the public sector. As part of our analysis of those services, getting feedback from service users is really important. It is vital to know what service users experiences are, whether it is good or bad. The most common way we…
In the following blog, the Wales Audit Office’s Local Government Manager Jeremy Evans talks about how savings planning plays a vital role in supporting council financial resilience, following the release of the Auditor General for Wales’ report Savings Planning in Councils in Wales. Effective savings planning is critical for the effective stewardship of public money…
Darllenwch y flogbost yn Gymraeg How can organisations release Open Data? Dyfrig Williams looks at the process of making the data behind the Wales Audit Office’s Local Government Financial Statements report freely available, and shares the dataset at the bottom of this post. I’ve previously blogged on how the Wales Audit Office is looking to […]…
In the last 18 months, we’ve made a number of changes to our website as part of a digital accessibility audit…
Originally posted on Good Practice Exchange at the Wales Audit Office [opens in new window]: The Good Practice Exchange Team is running a shared learning seminar focusing on access to services for people who do not speak English or Welsh. So why are we holding this event? Rachel Harries, Wales Audit Office, shares our thinking…
The Auditor General for Wales recently held a joint collaborative event with the Future Generations Commissioner to determine how the new Well-being of Future Generations Act should be monitored and audited. As part of the event the Wales Audit Office’s Senior Communications Officer, Mark Woods was tasked with finding a case study of the principles of…
Originally posted on Good Practice Exchange at the Wales Audit Office [opens in new window]: What can we learn from the way that the Queensland Audit Office uses data analytics in their audits? Dyfrig Williams had an early morning phone conversation to find out.
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How can personas help to ensure that projects are user focused? Dyfrig Williams reflects on how they’ve been used for his work on acquiring data effectively. As part of my Cutting Edge Audit work, I’ve been working on a test project to gather data…
A new report from the Wales Audit Office has highlighted that local authorities in Wales are not making the best use of the third sector, and must do more to ensure they work they are doing continues to secure value for money. Ruth Marks, WCVA Chief Executive, gives her thoughts on the report. The report released…
In the following blog, the Wales Audit Offices Local Government Manager, Nick Selwyn explores the importance of the relationship between local government and the third sector in Wales, following the release of the Auditor General for Wales’ report Local Authority Funding of Third Sector Services. Nick shares his thoughts on this and a new self-assessment…
