Audits

Once completed, audit reports are tabled at the Departmental Audit Committee (DAC) meeting; the Committee is responsible for recommending these reports to the Deputy Minister for his approval. Once approved by the Deputy Minister, the reports are sent to: the Access to Information and Privacy Secretariat for identification and application of any severances that may be required; the Communications Branch for preparation of communication materials; and to Information Management and Technology Services for conversion to HTML. Once completed, the reports are published on the intranet and internet for 5 years after which they are archived.

In response to the audit recommendations, a management action plan (MAP) is drawn up by the sector responsible. These MAPs and their implementation are monitored and a status report is provided to the DAC at each quarterly meeting. During this portion of the DAC meeting, called Update to Management Action Plans, the Committee addresses and considers the following issues: past due MAPs and the reasons for the delay in implementation, proposed extensions and a decision as to whether they are approved and finally they assess any MAPs that may have become irrelevant and whether they should be closed or addressed in a different manner.

• Internal audit key compliance attributes

2022-2023

• Departmental Progress in Implementing Sustainable Development Strategies—Species at Risk (Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)
• Protecting Aquatic Species at Risk (Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)
• Audit of Information Technology General Controls
• Audit of the Implementation of the Fisheries Act

2021-2022

• Audit of Revenue Management
• Audit of Protecting Canada’s Food System (PDF, 1.67 MB) (Report of the Auditor General of Canada)
• Departmental Progress in Implementing Sustainable Development Strategies – Healthy Coasts and Oceans, Pristine Lakes and Rivers, and Sustainable Food (Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)

2020-2021

• Audit of the Incident Command System
• Audit of Information Management / Information Technology Governance and Integrated Planning
• National Shipbuilding Strategy (Reports of the Auditor General of Canada)

2019-2020

• Audit of the management of firearms
• Audit of physical security
• Audit of Information Technology asset management
• Audit of icebreaking services
• Aquatic invasive species – Management action plan (Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)
• Protecting fish from mining effluent – Management action plan (Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)

2018-2019

• Protecting marine mammals – Management action plan – Progress report (Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)
• Conserving federal heritage properties – Management action plan (Report of the Auditor General of Canada)
• Audit of materiel management : Disposal of assets
• Audit of fraud management
• Salmon farming – Management action plan (Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)
• Conserving biodiversity – Management action plan (Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)