Main Website Article Count: 43
Participant Bios Article Count: 4
Message from the President and CEO Article Count: 2
Member Benefits Article Count: 2
About Us Article Count: 0
Staff Article Count: 16
CCAF delivers on its mission through a dedicated team and professional cadre of staff and associates. Our team has a wide range of professional experience, technical skill, specialized experience, and a strong and intimate understanding of the issues that matter to our members, partners and stakeholders.
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CCAF delivers on its mission through a dedicated team and professional cadre of staff and associates. Our team has a wide range of professional experience, technical skill, specialized experience, and a strong and intimate understanding of the issues that matter to our members, partners and stakeholders.
Associates Article Count: 28
CCAF delivers on its mission through a dedicated team and professional cadre of staff and associates. Our team has a wide range of professional experience, technical skill, specialized experience, and a strong and intimate understanding of the issues that matter to our members, partners and stakeholders.
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News Article Count: 214
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International Updates Article Count: 37
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Annual Reports Article Count: 20
Presentations Article Count: 3
Research and Methodology Article Count: 4
International Other Article Count: 1
Job Board Article Count: 2
Focus On Article Count: 97
Attributes Article Count: 19
Hidden Article Count: 1
Performance Audit Article Count: 16
At CCAF, we strive to be a centre of expertise to support the strengthening of performance audit capacity. To achieve this, we focus our efforts in four key areas:
Training Article Count: 1
Emerging Leaders Article Count: 2
In-Person Training Article Count: 0
Training Descriptions Article Count: 12
OLD Training Article Count: 0
Webinars Article Count: 1
Discussion Papers Article Count: 6
These Discussion Papers are meant to stimulate sharing and innovation in the performance audit community.
What people are saying:
“Root cause analysis will help us craft more insightful recommendations."
– Neil Maxwell, Assistant Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General Canada
"Our new performance audit methodology emphasizes the importance of addressing the underlying causal factors that explain observed deficiencies as well as the impact of those deficiencies"
– Sheila Dodds, Assistant Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia
"Applying root cause analysis helped us to affirm and strengthen our findings and the importance of considering root cause in all phases of an audit"
– Terry Spicer, Assistant Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of Nova Scotia
Practice Guides Article Count: 2
Practice Guide topics have been supported by CCAF members and stakeholders to provide the most up-to-date methodology on important audit topics.
They provide public sector auditors current guidance that will help them to plan, carry out and report on their audits. By combining theory and practical methodology, our Guides seek to inspire high-quality and high-impact audits at all levels of government.
These Guides have been designed to meet the information needs of auditors at the various stages of their audit projects. If you are:
- looking for information on a topic;
- starting to plan an audit and wondering where to start;
- planning an audit and searching for:
- examples of questions that can be asked to obtain useful knowledge of business;
- indicators of risk;
- information on possible audit approaches;
- examples of suitable audit objectives and criteria;
- wondering if you can use benchmarks during the examination phase of the audit;
- ready to draft your report, but could use some ideas on how to effectively convey your observations;
These Practice Guides are for you!
Audit News > Featured Audits Article Count: 9
Each edition of Featured Audit profiles a selected performance audit from across Canada, highlighting interesting findings, techniques used, and lessons learned.
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Research and Methodology > Audit Tips Article Count: 29
Each edition of Audit Tips highlights good practices and provides practical advice for performance auditors on a selected theme.
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Read our 100 Tips for Performance Auditors. This publication includes a compilation of tips from previous editions of our Audit Tips series. Our tips cover 15 different topics, from various aspects of the audit process to specific audit topics and new technologies that are changing the audit profession. |
Research and Methodology > Research Highlights Article Count: 6
Each edition of Research Highlights explores an important trend or emerging risk that may impact audit offices and their practices.
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Research and Methodology > Voices from the Field Article Count: 13
In Voices from the Field, senior auditors and experts from Canada and other countries share their knowledge on important performance audit topics.
Voices from the Field is dedicated to sharing good practices and innovations. If you would like to submit an idea for a short article for this series, please send a one-paragraph proposal to this address: research@caaf-fcar.ca.
Voices from the Field > Issue #1 Article Count: 2
Voices from the Field > Issue #2 Article Count: 2
Voices from the Field > Issue #3 Article Count: 2
Voices from the Field > Issue #4 Article Count: 2
Voices from the Field > Issue #5 Article Count: 2
Voices from the Field > Issue #6 Article Count: 2
Voices from the Field > Issue #7 Article Count: 2
Voices from the Field > Issue #8 Article Count: 2
Voices from the Field > Issue #9 Article Count: 3
Voices from the Field > Issue #10 Article Count: 3
Voices from the Field > Issue #11 Article Count: 1
Voices from the Field > Issue #12 Article Count: 3
Voices from the Field > Issue #13 Article Count: 3
Research and Methodology > More Info Article Count: 3
Collaborating for Change Article Count: 1
Parliamentary Oversight Resources Article Count: 18
Research and Methodology > Guidance Article Count: 0
Research and Methodology > Discussion Papers Article Count: 0
Research and Methodology > Oversight Tips Article Count: 12
Our tips highlight good practices and provide practical advice that can be easily applied.
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Research and Methodology > Research Highlights Article Count: 3
Each edition explores important oversight trends or findings from research in the field.
Research and Methodology > Featured Oversight Practice Article Count: 6
Research and Methodology > Oversight Voices from the Field Article Count: 6
In Voices from the Field, past public accounts committee (PAC) members share their knowledge and experience they learned while sitting on the PAC.
Voices from the Field is dedicated to sharing good practices and innovations. If you would like to be featured in an upcoming video, please write to oversight@caaf-fcar.ca.
Voices from the Field > Issue #1 Article Count: 0
Voices from the Field > Issue #2 Article Count: 0
Voices from the Field > Issue #3 Article Count: 0
PAC Video Library Article Count: 2
Our PAC video libraries contain video clip examples that show effective questions and good practices in action.
It is continually updated as new examples are added – so check back regularly.