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

• 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 Auditor General of Canada)

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 (Reports of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)
• Conserving federal heritage properties – Management action plan (Reports of the Auditor General of Canada)
• Audit of materiel management : Disposal of assets
• Audit of fraud management
• Salmon farming – Management action plan (Reports of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)
• Conserving biodiversity – Management action plan (Reports of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)
• Audit of occupational health and safety
• Audit of the management of laboratories

2017-2018

• Audit of the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program
• Audit of partnerships and collaborative arrangements with other government departments and external groups

2016-2017

• Sustaining Canada's major fish stocks - Management action plan (Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)
• Horizontal internal audit of Information Management in large and small departments (Office of the Comptroller General)
• Audit of Information Technology security

2015-2016

• Audit of internal controls over financial reporting
• Audit of overtime management
• Audit of oceans management
• Audit of motor vehicle fleet rationalization project

2014-2015

• Audit of the Aquatic Climate Change Adaptation Services Program
• Environmental management framework audit
• Audit of management of occupational health and safety and physical security in laboratories
• Audit of emergency preparedness

2013-2014

• Audit of legal risk management
• Audit of the catch certification
• Real property - Strategy for strategic and operating review implementation (including divestiture)

2012-2013

• Governance Structure over Monitoring and Reporting for Strategic and Operating Review Implementation
• Audit of International Travel
• Audit of Acquisition Cards
• Follow-up Audit - Contracting Practices
• Audit of Fleet Operational Capability

2011-2012

• Audit of Commercial and Aboriginal Fisheries - Conservation and Protection
• Audit of the Aquaculture Innovation and Market Access Program
• Audit of Fleet Asset Management
• Audit of the Management of Information Technology Security
• Audit of Real Property
• Audit of the Account Verification Process
• Multi-Year Risk-Based Audit Plan 2011-12 to 2013-14

2010-2011

• Audit of Small Craft Harbours Divestiture Class Grant Program
• Audit of the Business Continuity Planning Program
• Audit of the Implementation of the Economic Action Plan
• Audit of Classification
• Audit – Canadian Coast Guard – Marine Communications and Traffic Services

2009-2010

• Audit of the Longer-Term Marshall Response Initiative (Capacity Building)
• Audit of The Canadian Coast Guard - Environmental Response Services
• Readiness Assessment of DFO’s Economic Action Plan
  • Management Response and Action Plan
• Audit of Supporting Statistical Information on Fisheries
• Audit of the At-Sea Mentoring Initiative (ASMI) and the First Nations Fisheries Operations Management Initiative (FOMI)
  • Management Response and Action Plan
• Audit of Departmental Succession Planning
  • Management Response and Action Plan
• Audit of the Conservation and Protection Program
  • Management Response and Action Plan
• Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management
  • Management Response and Action Plan
• Audit of the Management Control Framework Supporting Senior Management Committee Information for Decision-Making
  • Management Response and Action Plan
• Audit of the Academic Research Contribution Program
  • Management Response and Action Plan
• Audit of the Salmon Sub-Committee Contribution Program
  • Management Response and Action Plan
• Audit of the Pacific Salmon Foundation & T. "Buck" Suzuki Environmental Foundation Contribution Programs
  • Management Response and Action Plan

2008-2009

• Audit of the Aboriginal Inland Habitat (AIH) Program
• Audit of the Contribution Agreement with the Shubenacadie First Nation
• Follow-up Audit of Employment Systems Review
• Audit of the Ice Compensation Program for East Coast Commercial Fishers
• Audit of Sole-Source Contracts Related to the Salmonid Enhancement Program (SEP)
  • Management Action Plan
• Follow-up Audit of Contracting
  • Management Response and Action Plan
• Audit - DFO Class Grants and Contributions Program
  • Management Response and Action Plan