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30/04/2012 - Performance Audit Report: Contract Management Capabilities across Local Councils

The Auditor General has conducted a study addressing contract management capabilities and practices applied across local councils....  more..

24/04/2012 - Information Technology Audit - Heritage Malta

The Auditor General today presented an Audit Report on the overall operational effectiveness of the Information Technology (IT) and Information Systems (IS) currently being used by Heritage Malta.... more..

The National Audit Office.

AGMr. Anthony C. Mifsud, FCIPD, is the current Auditor General. The functions and powers of the Auditor General and the role of the National Audit Office are defined by Section 108 of the Constitution of Malta and the Auditor General and National Audit Office Act of 1997. The Constitution and the Act empower the Auditor General to audit the accounts of all Departments and Offices of the Government of Malta, and of such public authorities or other bodies administering, holding, or using funds belonging directly or indirectly to the Government of Malta.

The Act extends this mandate further to include the Performance audit of Central Government Departments and Offices and other public sector entities, as well as the audit of the operations of companies or other entities in which the Government of Malta owns not less than 51 per cent of the shares.