Improving government data: A guide for senior leaders
Published on:This guide is aimed at accounting officers, chief executives, director
generals, directors and chief operating officers and people responsible for government services.
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Achieving value for money for government’s environmental goals
Published on:2021 was a big year for government’s commitments to the environment. The statutory target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 was backed up with a strategy and the Environment Bill gives legal force to nature recovery targets. The challenge now lies in turning targets and strategies into actions that will combat rising […]
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Audit and Risk Assurance Committee effectiveness tool
Published on:Our tool is primarily based on guidance from central government, most notably HM Treasury’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Handbook.
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Communication with academy trust auditors
Published on:This communication provides an understanding of an academy auditor’s role and the NAO’s expectation of them.
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Mapping the Justice landscape
Published on:This piece explains how the NAO uses spatial analytics to bring audit teams closer to the data and visualise the complex geographic relationships at work behind the scenes in the justice system.
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Evaluating government spending: an audit framework
Published on:We have prepared this guide to help accounting officers, other senior leaders and policymakers understand how the NAO assesses the robustness of the evaluation arrangements in departments.
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Taking on the challenge of public sector cyber security
Published on:The government recently published its new Cyber Security Strategy specifically aimed at building a cyber resilient public sector. Resilience is key in underpinning its vision to make the UK a cyber power in a world increasingly shaped by technologies that offer many benefits but also pose risks. The strategy reiterates that government remains an attractive […]
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Step back and see the full picture: lessons learned in risk management
Published on:Our latest blog explains what enterprise thinking is and why you need it for risk management across a whole system.
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What makes a super model? Using innovative approaches to audit departments’ models
Published on:Find out about the innovative ways our expert Modelling Team scrutinise departments’ models.
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Framework to review models
Published on:This framework provides a structured, flexible approach to reviewing models. It is intended to aid those commissioning or undertaking analysis of a model with the aim of determining whether the model is robust and reasonable.
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Cyber security: has the pandemic changed anything?
Published on:We outline how the pandemic has moved many aspects of our lives online, helping us stay connected but making us more vulnerable to cyber-attacks.
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Framework to review portfolios
Published on:This framework has a set of questions to assess whether a portfolio is achieving value for money
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Delivering programmes at speed? What you need to consider
Published on:Ambulances need to travel fast! Ambulance drivers must take risks that regular drivers do not. This includes running red lights and travelling at high speeds through busy roads. However, to avoid accidents, precautions are taken to manage risks. The driver is trained, there are flashing blue lights and loud sirens. Delivering programmes at speed requires […]
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Effective governance and accountability is a mainstay for successful contract management
Published on:Public bodies should demonstrate robust, independent oversight of both their contractual arrangements and overall commercial portfolios
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Commercial strategy needs to be joined up to achieve best value
Published on:Last December, the government published a Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement. It stressed that investments should be subject to consideration of the public good, including supporting national priorities. It discussed leveraging commercial activity to achieve social and environmental value. For our good practice guidance for managing the commercial lifecycle, we examined similar opportunities and […]
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A small leak will sink a great ship: the need to counter fraud and error in government
Published on:My outdoor tap leaks. Not very much, just a small drip. And though I put a bucket underneath to catch the drips, I’ll admit that sometimes the bucket overflows before I can use the water in my garden. I know I should find out if it’s just a dodgy washer or I need a replacement […]
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Capability is for contract life, not just for procurement
Published on:The NAO’s work includes looking at a huge range of government activities, and the setting up and managing of commercial arrangements are central to many of them. This became very clear when looking back at twenty years of our work auditing government’s spending and reporting on its value for money for taxpayers. Over this time, […]
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Cyber and information security: Good practice guide
Published on:Audit committees should be scrutinising cyber security arrangements. To aid them, this guidance complements government advice by setting out high-level questions and issues for audit committees to consider.
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Data is not just about numbers but opportunities
Published on:The first in a series of blogs looking at the Commercial Lifecycle covers data.
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Delivering programmes at speed
Published on:Insights to help decision-makers determine when or how a programme should be delivered at speed.