Managing conflicts of interest: good practice
Published on:Our guide shows how government can help public bodies put in place the right measures to properly manage conflicts of interest – for the benefit of both staff and taxpayers.
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Guidance for audit committees on cloud services
Published on:This guide outlines cloud services and their use in government, and suggests questions to ask at assessment, implementation and management stages.
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Digital transformation in government: a guide for senior leaders and audit and risk committees
Published on:The guide can support audit and risk committees and senior leaders tasked with overseeing large-scale digital change to understand the core issues.
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Whistleblowing in the civil service
Published on:Our guide is for people who deal with whistleblowers, investigate concerns or manage whistleblowing processes in government organisations.
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Good practice in annual reporting
Published on:This interactive guide sets out good practice principles for annual reporting with examples from public sector organisations.
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Overcoming challenges to managing risks in government
Published on:A guide for senior leaders and risk practitioners across government with ways to help overcome the challenges to managing risks.
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Monitoring and responding to companies in distress: good practice
Published on:Our guide sets out the elements to consider & questions to support good practice and value for money, through real examples from our reports.
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Financial management in government: strategic planning and budgeting
Published on:Our good practice guide outlines how to plan strategically and realistically to align strategy and planning, address optimism bias, and deal with risk and uncertainty.
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Managing uncertainty: Questions for decision-makers to ask in an uncertain environment
Published on:This good practice guide for policy and delivery professionals helps you work with uncertainty in government programmes
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Financial management in government: Enablers of success
Published on:Covering leadership, skills and data, our guide covers the essential enablers to unlock the potential of your finance team.
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Cross-government working: good practice
Published on:This guide aims to support policy and delivery professionals responsible for delivering programmes involving more than one department in delivery.
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Quality assurance of models: a guide for audit committees
Published on:This good practice guide will help audit committees understand and question the quality assurance framework for business-critical models.
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How to improve operational services
Published on:These good practice guides share practical tips on improving the quality and efficiency of day-to-day services provided by government.
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The DECA: Understanding challenges in delivering project objectives
Published on:The Delivery Environment Complexity Analytic (DECA) is a tool developed by the National Audit Office (NAO) to provide a high level overview of the challenges, complexity and risks to delivery of a project, programme, policy or area of work.
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Use of Agile in large-scale digital change programmes
Published on:This guide helps Audit and Risk Committees ask the right questions when undertaking major digital change programmes using Agile.
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Guide to corporate finance in the public sector
Published on:This guide addresses the complex topic of corporate finance in the public sector and includes key questions to ask when scrutinising corporate finance activities.
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Improving government data: A guide for senior leaders
Published on:This guide is aimed at accounting officers, chief executives, director
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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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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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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.