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Articles on Value-added Audit Practices

New! Four Auditor Role Virtual Course Offerings Sept-Dec 2011

Two Auditor Roles Courses ("New Service Model" and "Assessing Relevance & Reliability") will be offered online by The IIA a total of four times the rest of 2011. Take the courses from the convenience of your office, home, or other computer. See our current training schedule for dates, courses, and links to enroll or get more information. More ...

New! Winnipeg Auditor Adds Chief Performance Officer to His Auditor Roles

The City Audior of Winnipeg was appointed Chief Performance Officer in addition to his regular audit responsibilities. He has used the roles and practices on this website to help shape Chief Performance Officer activities to ensure decision makers have access to quality performance information and to advise and assist in implementing performance management systems.  More...

New! San Jose Auditor & Manager Plan to Improve Performance Management

The San Jose City Auditor's "Proposal for Improvement" of performance management and reporting, signed jointly with the City Manager, engages the auditor's oiffice in several innovative practices featured on this website in an effort to transform the city government into a data-driven high performing organization. More...

Criteria for Relevance and Reliability of Performance Information Revised

One of the most valuable contributions auditors can make to government performance management is to assess the relevance and reliability of performance measures and data.  Sample criteria for assessing relevance and reliability have been revised to be clearer, more distinct, and easier for auditors to use. More ...

Tallahassee Auditor Aids City Performance Measurement & Reporting

Since 2007, the Office of the City Auditor of Tallahasee, Florida, has helped spur important progress, providing an early form of public reporting and assisting city departments in developing “vital signs” performance measures requested by the city’s elected body, the City Commission. More ...

Washington State Auditor Engaged Citizens on Audit Priorities

The Washington State Auditor has engaged citizens on audit priorities through surveys, focus groups, and town hall meetings to ensure citizen priorities are reflected in the performance audits conducted by the State Auditor's Office.  More ...

Performance Data Integrity Audits in Oregon

The State of Oregon conducted a statewide series of performance measure “Integrity Audits,” an initiative designed to assure the reliability of “Key Performance Measures.” The integrity audits help ensure that decision makers have confidence in the data used in performance management, including data used in budgeting and reporting to citizens.  More...

International Recognition: Auditor Roles Keynote Inter-American Conference

On the invitation of the Inter-American Development Bank, a principal of the Auditor Roles Project provided a keynote address on auditors' roles in improving government performance management at a Managing for Results Conference of Superior Audit Institutions of Latin America and the Caribbean region, in Santiago, Chile.

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Case Histories of Audit Organizations that Change Roles to Increase Their Value