The Turkish Court of Accounts (TCA), which has been conducting Information Technology (IT) audits for more than 15 years, has recently been given a new assignment—to ensure audit efficiency for e-government projects in the public sector...
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SAI Kazakhstan Hosts ASOSAI Seminar on IT Audits, Approaches, Methods
Kazakhstan’s Accounts Committee for Control over Execution of the Republican Budget, the nation’s Supreme Audit Institution (SAI), organized a seminar for the Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan, earlier this year. The seminar, coordinated with support from Japan’s Board of Audit...
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Using Geographic Information Systems
With the spread of Information Technology (IT) in government activities, Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) have been increasingly implementing Computer Assisted Auditing Techniques (CAATs). Among the CAATs, Geographic Information System (GIS), which can depict, overlay and analyze geospatial information based on location, can be of value for every step of audit. The GIS can efficiently depict and analyze attribute data, as well as...
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Using GIS to Monitor Public Works
This paper presents an alternative model for auditing public works through intensive use of Information Technology (IT). The model is based on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for collecting, processing and analyzing data; producing tables, graphs and thematic maps; allowing remote monitoring of a large number of constructions; and providing a quick overview of the audited area...