Auditor General’s Department Special Audit Report – Passport, Immigration & Citizenship Agency (HR Practices) - The Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) is integral to the nation’s border security system. The Agency, which manages Jamaica’s immigration process and matters related to application for and renunciation of Jamaican citizenship, must have in place proper systems that enable lawful travel and trade essential to economic prosperity, and national sovereignty. Accordingly, PICA is […]
Performance Audit: “Effectiveness of Jamaica’s institutional framework in enabling a strong and resilient national public health system” - Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan (NDP), the country’s policy framework, which was published in 2009, includes health-related targets and strategies to improve the public health system to achieve National Outcome No.1 – A Healthy and Stable Population. This National Outcome is aligned to the targets and indicators for public health contained in the global […]
Compliance Audit Compendium Report COVID19 Expenditure (MoHW & MLSS) - The Government of Jamaica (GoJ) has a responsibility to respond to public emergencies, such as the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The response of the Government was demonstrated by the allocation of over $8 billion to aid in the Country’s COVID-19 emergency response interventions. The GoJ made significant budgetary adjustments to accommodate contingency spending, especially to […]
Information Technology Audit Report Application Management and Data Automation - The Application Management and Data Automation (AMANDA) software was implemented to provide a national system for the management of development applications by the Municipal Corporations, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and other agencies that comment on building and development applications. The system, which forms a part of a wider initiative to improve the Development […]
Auditor General’s Department Examination of FPP FY2022/23 Interim Report - I have examined the components of the Fiscal Policy Paper (FPP) FY2022/23 Interim Report, laid before the Houses of Parliament on 2022, September 27, in accordance with Financial Administration and Audit (FAA) Act. The report met the requirements of the Third Schedule and included the minimum content under the Fiscal Responsibility Statement, Macroeconomic Framework and […]
Certification of Public Bodies Jamaica Mortgage Bank & Bank of Jamaica - On August 22, 2022, the Minister responsible for Finance requested that I assess the operations of Jamaica Mortgage Bank and the Bank of Jamaica to determine whether these entities carry out functions primarily of commercial nature and hence meet the criteria for certification as not being part of the specified public sector. The criteria for […]
Development Bank of Jamaica - The Development Bank of Jamaica’s (DBJ) role in providing development financing for the productive sector at below market rate aims to support Jamaica’s economic growth and development. Based on allegations regarding malpractice in the award of loans by the DBJ, I commissioned a special audit to assess the transparency of DBJ’s loan practices and whether […]
Financial Statements Analysis of Public Bodies - The Public Bodies Management and Accountability Act (PBMA) requires public entities to demonstrate prudent financial management of public resources. To assist Parliament and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in their review of the financial performance of public bodies, we reviewed the financial statements of the National Solid Waste Management Authority Limited (NSWMA) over a five-year […]
Performance Audit Report - The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) was established by the UDC Act (1968), to plan orderly development of physical infrastructure in a holistic and sustainable manner, in designated areas across the island. As provided by the Act, the UDC may undertake transactions that are necessary to ensure the proper performance of its functions. In this regard, […]
Asset Management - Auditor General’s Overview The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) is Jamaica’s principal public sector entity responsible for planning and designing urban environments in designated areas. UDC’s core business objective is “making development happen through the planning and implementation of comprehensive development projects and programmes”. In November 2012, I submitted a performance audit report, which identified deficiencies […]
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