2013–14 Estimates—Report on Plans and Priorities—Supplementary tables and information

2013–14 Estimates—Report on Plans and Priorities

Supplementary tables and information

Sources of respendable and non-respendable revenue ($ millions)

Legislative auditing Forecast
revenue
2012–13
Planned
revenue
2013–14
Planned
revenue
2014–15
Planned
revenue
2015–16
Respendable revenue
Vote netting authority1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Non-respendable revenue
Other 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Total 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
1 Vote netting authority for costs recovered from audit professional services provided to members of the Canadian Council of Legislative Auditors and from the audits of the International Labour Organization.

Internal audits planned

Name Type Status Expected completion date
Internal audits1
Follow-up on the implementation of previous internal audit recommendations Financial and management controls In progress March 2013
Practice reviews—recurring and periodic
Periodic reviews1
Annual reviews
Report on the Review of the Annual Audit Practice of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada Compliance—annual audit practice Winter
Report on the Review of the Performance Audit and Special Examination practices of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada Compliance—performance audit practice Spring
1 The Office has a rolling three-year Practice Review and Internal Audit Plan. Specific audits for 2013–14 and 2014–15 have not yet been approved by the Auditor General. They will be posted on our website after they are approved.

The Practice Review and Internal Audit Plan 2012–13 to 2014–15 can be found on the Office of the Auditor General website.

Green procurement

Approach

The Office’s approach to implementing green procurement is to target the use of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) procurement instruments and to train key management and procurement personnel.

Our main contribution to green procurement is the influence that our audit work and our recommendations for improvement have on the actions of federal departments and agencies and Crown corporations.

Management processes and controls

The Office’s procurement needs are predominantly for commodity goods, such as computers, printers and copiers, office supplies, and furniture, and for professional services, including construction services (at times). For all significant purchases, the Office maximizes its Green Procurement by taking advantage of PWGSC’s procurement instruments, such as National Master Standing Offers or Departmental Standing Offers. In so doing, the Office achieves the levels of Green Procurement that have been negotiated by PWGSC.

The use of PWGSC procurement instruments allows the Office to incorporate environmental performance considerations in its procurement planning.

Since 2010–11, the Office has followed PWGSC’s Federal Electronic Waste Strategy for electronic and electrical equipment (for example, for acquiring ENERGY STAR high-efficiency appliances and equipment, and for the disposal of electronic equipment and appliances).

Green procurement targets

The Office is committed to the following targets:

The Office will report against green procurement targets in its Performance Report.

Training

In support of the standing offers negotiated by PWGSC, all material management and procurement personnel will continue to attend green procurement training, as recommended in Greening Government Operations, published by PWGSC.