No agency in our sample was rated as ‘good’ across all 3 of our lines of enquiry with all 9 agencies needing to improve some aspects of their policies and/or practices for managing purchasing cards. Department of Culture and the Arts, which was also included in our 2014 audit, had improved its policies and systems since that audit.
What we found:
- Most agencies need to improve their policies and administrative systems – read more
- Only Department of Education Services was adequately managing the use of purchasing cards – read more
- Most agencies are monitoring purchasing card use – read more