1996 Report of the Auditor General of Canada


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Reports to
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Foreword
Chapter 1 — Other Audit Observations	Main Points
Chapter 2 — The Implementation of Federal Environmental Stewardship	Main Points
Chapter 3 — Evaluation in the Federal Government	Main Points
Chapter 4 — Internal Audit in Departments and Agencies	Main Points
Chapter 5 — The Reform of Classification and Job Evaluation in the Public Service	Main Points

Preface
Chapter 6 — Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada	Main Points
Chapter 7 — National Defence	Main Points
Chapter 8 — Canadian Security Intelligence Service — National Headquarters Building Project	Main Points
Chapter 9 — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada — Animal and Plant Health: Inspection and Regulation	Main Points
Chapter 10 — Correctional Service Canada — Rehabilitation Programs for Offenders	Main Points
Chapter 11 — Revenue Canada — Combatting Income Tax Avoidance	Main Points
Chapter 12 — Veterans Affairs Canada — Health Care	Main Points

Foreword
Chapter 13 — Study of Accountability Practices from the Perspective of First Nations	Main Points
Chapter 14 — Service Quality	Main Points
Chapter 15 — Federal Science and Technology Activities: Follow-up	Main Points
Chapter 16 — Treasury Board Secretariat — Renewing Government Services Using Information Technology	Main Points
Chapter 17 — Human Resources Development Canada — Canada Pension Plan: Disability	Main Points

Chapter 18 — Revenue Canada and Department of Finance — Excise Duties and Taxes on Selected Commodities	Main Points
Chapter 19 — Revenue Canada — Child Tax Benefit and Goods and Services Tax Credit Programs	Main Points
Chapter 20 — Revenue Canada — Creating One Revenue Canada: The Administrative Consolidation of Customs and Excise and Taxation	Main Points

Foreword
Matters of Special Importance — 1996	Main Points
Chapter 21 — Federal Debt Management	Main Points
Chapter 22 — Federal Contaminated Sites — Management Information on Environmental Costs and Liabilities	Main Points
Chapter 23 — Materiel Management in the Federal Government	Main Points
Chapter 24 — Systems under Development — Getting Results	Main Points
Chapter 25 — Canada's Export Promotion Activities	Main Points
Chapter 26 — Canada Infrastructure Works Program — Lessons Learned	Main Points
Chapter 27 — The Canadian Intelligence Community — Control and Accountability	Main Points
Chapter 28 — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada — The Western Grain Transition Payments Program	Main Points
Chapter 29 — Canadian International Development Agency Phased Follow-up of the Auditor General's 1993 Report — Phase II Follow-up of the Auditor General's 1994 Report on Technical Assistance Contributions to Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union	Main Points
Chapter 30 — Correctional Service Canada — Reintegration of Offenders	Main Points

Chapter 31 — Canadian Heritage — Parks Canada: Preserving Canada's Natural Heritage	Main Points
Chapter 32 — Canadian Heritage — Parks Canada: Management of Historic Canals	Main Points
Chapter 33 — Indian and Northern Affairs Canada — Funding Arrangements for First Nations	Main Points

Chapter 34 — National Defence — Support Productivity	Main Points
Chapter 35 — National Defence — Follow-up of the Auditor General's 1994 Report	Main Points

Chapter 36 — Revenue Canada and Department of Finance — Goods and Services Tax: New Housing Rebate and "Self-Supply"	Main Points
Chapter 37 — Revenue Canada — Enforcing the Income Tax Act for Large Corporations	Main Points

Chapter 38 — Follow-up of Recommendations in Previous Reports	Main Points
Chapter 39 — Other Audit Observations	Main Points

Appendix A — Auditor General Act
Appendix B — Financial Administration Act — Extracts from Part X
Appendix C — Reports of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts to the House of Commons
Appendix D — Report on the Audit of the President of the Treasury Board Report to Parliament: Tablings in Parliament for Parent Crown Corporations: Annual Reports and Summaries of Corporate Plans and Budgets
Appendix E — The Costs of Crown Corporation Audits Conducted by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada