Publications

• Discussion Papers
• Studies and Tools
• International publications
• Audit Methodology
• OAG Planning and Performance Reports

Discussion Papers

• Reporting on Outcomes: Setting Performance Expectations and Telling Performance Stories, 14 May 2003 - (PDF 132 KB)
• Addressing Attribution Through Contribution Analysis: Using Performance Measures Sensibly, June 1999 (PDF 54 KB)
• Innovation and Risk-Taking in the Federal Government, 1998
  • The Role and Perspective of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada
  • An Industry Canada Perspective (published with permission from Industry Canada)
  • Innovation In The Federal Government: The Risk Not Taken (published with permission from the Public Policy Forum)
  • Innovation In The Federal Government: The Risk Not Taken - Summary of Discussions (published with permission from the Public Policy Forum)
  • Assessing Alternative Service Delivery Arrangements
• Modernizing Accountability Practices In The Public Sector (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Internet Site) - A joint discussion draft by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada and the Treasury Board Secretariat - 1998
• Reflections on a Decade of Serving Parliament (PDF 571 KB) - February 2001

Studies/Tools

• Audit Criteria for the 2003 Assessment of the Fairness and Reliability of Performance Information - October 2003
• Parliamentary Committee Review of the Estimates Documents (PDF 174 KB) - March 2005
• Managing for Results Self-Assessment Tool - March 2003
• Public Service Management Reform: Progress, Setbacks and Challenges - February 2001 (PDF 442 KB)
• Framework for Identifying Risk in Grant and Contribution Programs - February 2001 (PDF 95 KB)
• Implementing Results-Based Management: Lessons from the Literature - March 2000
• Capabilities Assessment Instrument - A Tool for Assessing the Capabilities of a New Governance Arrangement (The Canadian Adaptation and Rural Development Fund) - March 1999 (PDF 56 KB)
• Financial Management Capability Model - April 1999
• Moving up the Learning Curve: The Second Generation of Sustainable Development Strategies (off CESD site) - December 1999
• Systems Under Development Best Practices Symposium - Proceedings - April 1998
• Examination of the Requirement to Report Specified Foreign Property Under Section 233.3 of the Income Tax Act - June 1998

International

• A Strategic Approach to Auditing for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Canadian Country Paper, prepared for the Commonwealth Auditors General Conference, South Africa - October 1999 (PDF 465 KB)
• Reform in the Australian Public Service 1983-1996
• Toward Better Governance - Public Service Reform in New Zealand (1984-94) and its Relevance to Canada
• Internal Auditing in a Changing Management Culture (A study based on a survey of internal audit units in 40 government and private sector organizations in Canada and the United States) - 1992 (PDF 186 KB)