The General Auditing Bureau (GAB) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosted the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions' (INTOSAI) 15th Policy, Finance and Administration Committee (PFAC) meeting in Riyadh, where members came together to discuss INTOSAI's past progress and future initiatives. The PFAC aims to organize and govern INTOSAI in ways that promote...
A memorable cultural performance officially opened the 2018 Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam, hosted by the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV), the nation’s Supreme Audit Institution (SAI). Dr. Ho Duc Phoc, SAV Auditor General (AG) and incoming ASOSAI chair, welcomed delegates and...
A primary focus of this year’s International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) joint Capacity Building Committee (CBC) and INTOSAI-Donor Steering Committee (IDSC) meeting was people, and the themes of "Inspiring and Encouraging One Another," "Putting Our People First," and "Forward Together," clearly conveyed this notion...
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, through its local office in Hyderabad, Telangana, hosted the 2018 International Organization of Supreme Audit Institution (INTOSAI) Working Group on Public Debt (WGPD) meeting with the theme "Engaging SAIs Toward Robust Public Debt Auditing" in July...
The International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions’ (INTOSAI) Working Group on Big Data (WGBD) met in April 2018 at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for its second meeting. More than 40 members from 20 countries attended the meeting to help advance the WGBD objectives—identify the challenges and opportunities faced by...
The International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) General Secretariat teamed up with the United Nations (UN) and permanent representatives of Austria and Canada to the UN to coordinate a round table discussion as part of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on sustainable development. Dr. Margit Kraker, INTOSAI’s Secretary General...
The International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) Self-Assessment Integrity (IntoSAINT) project group, a Capacity Building Committee (CBC) workstream chaired by Mexico’s Supreme Audit Institution (SAI), held its annual meeting in Mexico City in July. The meeting allowed IntoSAINT workstream members to discuss...
The digital age is upon us. It has been called the greatest information revolution since the advent of the printing press. But, how can Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI) adapt? Organizers of the 21st Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) Congress held in August in Queensland, Australia, recognized this challenge—for every sector of society, including every SAI...
"It's a done deal. We are going to get a significant amount of sea level rise.” Jeff Goodell does not mince words. “Sea-level rise is one of the central facts of our time, as real as gravity. It will reshape our world in ways most of us can only dimly imagine,” he said. The author of five books, Goodell is a prominent expert on climate change, energy policy and humanity's relationship with a changing planet...
New resources are now available that Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) may find helpful when conducting audits using the extractive industries value chain, which describes the development process from discovery through extraction to lasting value creation for society. An important step in the value chain process is awarding contracts and licenses...