Debate: Evolving challenges for public sector external audit

Challenges and responsibilities for public sector scientists.

Current agriculture faces the challenge of doubling food production to meet the food needs of a population expected to reach 9 billion by mid-century whilst maintaining soil and water quality and conserving biodiversity. These challenges are more overwhelming for the rural poor, who are the custodians of environmental resources and at the same time particularly vulnerable to environmental degra...

Improving Public Sector Efficiency: Challenges and Opportunities

This article examines key institutional drivers that may contribute to improving public sector efficiency and focuses on one of them in more detail: performance information and its role and use in the budget process (" performance budgeting ").

Improving Public Sector: Challenges and Opportunities

Examining The Role Of IS Audit In The Public Sector

There is a tension in the role of the IS auditor in public sector financial audits. Budgets for the conduct of such audits are tight. However, systems facilitating the production of financial reports are increasingly complex. How can IS audit be most effectively used to improve audit effectiveness and efficiency? Accordingly, this research reports the results of 23 extended interviews with publ...

Future Challenges for Risk Management in the Australian Public Sector