Guidance

How Researchers Assigned to Public Accounts Committees Can Strengthen Oversight will assist PAC researchers, clerks, and committees in their role to maintain and improve committee effectiveness. It is also a helpful resource for committees that are considering the creation of a research position.

Accountability in Action: Good Practices for Public Accounts Committees provides a solid base of good practices for PACs as well as measurable indicators that support PACs’ efforts to conduct a baseline assessment of each good practice and to track their progress.

This document, Sharing International Practices – A Profile of the legislative oversight committee in Scotland, profiles legislative oversight practices in Scotland against our Attributes of an Effective Public Accounts Committee.

This set of guides and tools, Parliamentary Oversight – Committees and Relationships, provides members of Public Accounts Committees and their staff with information on the role of Public Accounts Committees and good practices to help improve the effectiveness of committees in Canada and abroad.