Accountability in Action: Good Practices for Effective Public Accounts Committees

 

 

We are excited to share with you our newest research publication, Accountability in Action: Good Practices for Public Accounts Committees.

This publication supports the crucial role that Public Accounts Committees play in holding governments accountable for delivering high quality public services and managing public resources responsibly. It is designed to empower and motivate oversight committees of all sizes and means to be as effective as possible.

Accountability in Action provides a solid base of good practices for PACs and it provides measurable indicators that support PACs’ efforts to conduct a baseline assessment of each good practice and to track their progress. The Honourable Kevin Sorenson, Member of Parliament (Blackfoot-Crowchild) and Chair of the federal Public Accounts Committee, had this to say: “This is a great piece of work! It is both aspirational and inspirational and I believe it will help our committee.”

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