Public Accounts Committees and Research Support – Part 1:
Assessing your Needs and Capacity
The first article of this two-part series will help you determine if your public accounts committee (PAC) needs additional research support.
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The first article of this two-part series will help you determine if your public accounts committee (PAC) needs additional research support.
Asking the right questions will lead to informative answers. To make public accounts committee (PAC) hearings as effective as possible, committee members should be prepared to question witnesses in a manner that gets to the core issues.
Requesting an action plan from audited organizations is one of the easiest things a public accounts committee (PAC) can do to improve how it tracks a department’s implementation of the auditor general’s recommendations.
The role of the PAC is different than that of other committees. PAC members need to work together across parties and focus on ensuring accountability and improving public administration.
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