Terms of Reference

​On February 24, 2015, the Legislative Assembly agreed:

1. That all reports of the Auditor General of British Columbia transmitted to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly be deemed referred to the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, with the exception of the report referred to in section 22 of the Auditor General Act, S.B.C. 2003, c. 2, which is referred to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services; and,
2. That the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts be the committee referred to in sections 6, 7, 10, 13 and 14 of the Auditor General Act, S.B.C. 2003, c. 2.

In addition to the powers previously conferred upon the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Committee be empowered:

1. to appoint of their number, one or more subcommittees and to refer to such subcommittees any of the matters referred to the Committee;
2. to sit during a period in which the House is adjourned, during the recess after prorogation until the next following Session and during any sitting of the House;
3. to adjourn from place to place as may be convenient; and
4. to retain personnel as required to assist the Committee,

and shall report to the House as soon as possible, or following any adjournment, or at the next following Session, as the case may be; to deposit the original of its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly during a period of adjournment and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, the Chair shall present all reports to the Legislative Assembly.

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Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts
c/o Parliamentary Committees Office
Room 224, Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
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Follow Up Process

​The Standing Committee on Public Accounts adopted a new follow up process on June 3, 2015 to strengthen its review of work by government organizations in implementing Office of the Auditor General audit report recommendations.  The new follow up process includes the receipt of detailed action plans from audited government ministries and agencies to support Committee Members with their consideration of audit reports as well as regular updates.

More detail on the Committee's follow up process, as well as links to government action plans presented during the Committee's meetings on Office of the Auditor General audit reports, will be posted below as they become available.

Actions Plans Presented at Committee Meetings:

Ministry of Health action plan: An Audit of the Panorama Public Health IT System, November 2, 2015

Ministry of Finance action plan: Monitoring Fiscal Sustainability, February 2, 2016

Ministry of Finance action plan: Budget Process Examination Phase 1: Revenue, February 2, 2016

Ministry of Education action plan, An Audit of the Education of Aboriginal Students in the B.C. Public School System, February 3, 2016

Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services action plan: The Status of Government's General Computing Controls: 2014, February 3, 2016

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