Managing the commercial lifecycle
Published on:This good practice guidance reflects upon findings and recommendations drawn from 200 reports concerning 300 commercial arrangements that have been published over the past 20 years.
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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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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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Estimating and reporting fraud and error in annual reports and accounts
Published on:We estimate that fraud and error cost the taxpayer between £55 billion to £81 billion in 2023-24. Only a fraction of this is detected and known about. To tackle this, public bodies need to know how much fraud and error they face and where it is. Our good practice guide on estimating and reporting fraud […]
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Financial management in government: monitoring and forecasting
Published on:This guide is for senior finance leaders in government departments and other public bodies. It sets out insights and good practice on monitoring and forecasting for better financial management in government. It is the fourth in a five-part series of guides, which follow the financial management lifecycle. Good financial management is critical in the public […]
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Financial management in government: allocating resources
Published on:This guide is for senior finance leaders in government departments and other public bodies. It sets out insights and good practice on how to allocate resources for better financial management in government. It is the third in a five-part series of guides, which follow the financial management lifecycle. For public services to be efficient and […]
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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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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.