Highlights from acting provincial auditor general report
Posted May 21, 2014 09:44:36 AM.
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The acting provincial auditor general has released his latest report targeting 6 areas and taking the government to task over its inaction on previous recommendations.
Auditor General Alan Horgan looked at Communications Nova Scotia this time around and called the agency generally non-partisan in nature but noted a number of occasions where they failed to follow the government procurement rules.
The report also identified problems with the education department’s iNSchool student information system saying that it has found instances where student information was not adequately protected.
The auditor general also identified problems with the province’s drinking water suggesting that provincial oversight is lacking and there is an ongoing failure to properly protect the supply.
The report also raises questions about how well the Department of Health and Wellness is monitoring of alternative
payment and academic funding saying that $251 million per year is paid to physicians under these plans but the
department does not know if contract requirements are met.
It also takes the Department of Natural Resources to task for not properly managing mineral resources in the province, saying while licencing and reporting is up to standard a number of the most basic of administrative functions are not being done.
The auditor general says for more than five years, progress made to address identified weaknesses has been inadequate. Only 45% of the 2011 recommendations have been implemented by the province, and only half of recommendations from the 2010 and 2011 reports being implemented.
The 113-page fall report contains 71 recommendations to government. The full report can be found on the auditor general’s website at .
