Auditor-General's Office

NEA overpaid project partner $0.53m, lapses also found in HTX, MPA, EDB: Auditor-General’s report

NEA did not check with the partner for an update to the project’s financial model, which would have included necessary adjustments to costs.

Auditor-General flags lapses by govt agencies, including possible falsification in PUB documents

In one case a police report was made over possible irregularities in the quotations for a PUB contract.

Public accounts watchdog calls for strengthening grants governance

Technology such as data analytics and artificial intelligence can be used to detect fraud, the Public Accounts Committee suggested in its latest report.

Outgoing Iras chief to take over as Auditor-General from February

Mr Ng Wai Choong (right) succeeds Ms Goh Soon Poh, who will step down on the same day.

Accounts of 18 dead ActiveSG members used to enter pools, gyms, and other findings in AGO report

The accounts of 18 dead ActiveSG members were used for 283 admissions to pools and gyms. In some cases, members had died for as long as 4.8 years before the dates of entry.

Auditor-General finds misuse of CDA funds, govt-paid leave for parents

The AGO also flagged issues with system errors that affected subsidies for infant care and childcare, as well as kindergarten fee assistance in preschools.

NParks, MOE possibly overpaid contractors, among other lapses: Auditor-General’s Office report

NParks said it is reviewing and updating its contracts, to ensure that works carried out do not deviate from what is stated.

Audit of Covid-19 expenditure did not uncover major lapses: Parliament watchdog

The audit scrutinised $33.2 billion out of the $72.3 billion spent in the 2020 and 2021 financial years.

From overpayment of Covid-19 support to ineligible voucher redemptions: ST looks at other findings from AGO report

The 98-page AGO report released on July 19 uncovered weak controls and financial lapses at the courts, and eight ministries and statutory boards.

The Straits Times says

Keeping govt agencies on their toes

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