Deputy heads of all departments are responsible for ensuring that completed internal audit reports are released on platforms as prescribed by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and within the timeframe prescribed by the Comptroller General of Canada.
Completed internal audit reports must be posted on departmental websites within 90 working days of deputy head approval, while respecting the following:
- Access to Information Act
- Privacy Act
- Government Security Policy
As per ISED's Key Compliance Attributes, the table below provides a status update on the implementation of the internal audit engagements, as well as on the implementation of Management Action Plans (MAP) resulting from internal audit engagements. This requirement applies only to internal audits that will begin in 2018–19 and after.
Internal audit title | Audit status | Report - approved date | Report - published date | Original planned MAP completion date | Implementation status (%) |
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1. Audit of Campus Custodial Services at the Communications Research Centre | Published – MAP fully implemented | 2018-04-23 | 2018-08-30 | 2019-03-31 | 100% |
2. Audit of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office – Trademarks Branch | Published – MAP fully implemented | 2018-04-23 | 2018-08-30 | 2021-07-31 | 100% |
3. Audit of Integrated Risk Management | Published – MAP fully implemented | 2018-10-16 | 2019-02-22 | 2020-03-01 | 100% |
4. Audit of Spectrum Compliance | Published – MAP fully implemented | 2019-06-14 | 2019-10-24 | 2024-02-01 | 100% |
5. Audit of the Competition Bureau | Published – MAP fully implemented | 2019-06-14 | 2019-10-24 | 2019-12-31 | 100% |
6. Audit of Key Corporate Controls | Published – MAP fully implemented | 2019-11-26 | 2020-03-04 | 2021-03-31 | 100% |
7. Audit of the Strategic Innovation Fund | Published – MAP fully implemented | 2021-03-18 | 2021-05-25 | 2021-09-30 | 100% |
8. Horizontal Audit of Project Costing | Published | 2021-03-30 | 2021-06-18 | 2022-03-31 | 66% |
9. Audit of Asset Management in Regions | Published | 2021-03-30 | 2021-05-28 | 2022-03-31 | 66% |
10. Audit of the Innovation Supercluster Initiative | Published | 2023-03-05 | 2023-05-15 | 2023-06-30 | 0% |
11. Internal Audit of Federal Government Consulting Contracts Awarded to McKinsey & Company | Published | 2023-03-22 | 2023-03-29 | 2023-06-30 | 0% |
12. Horizontal Audit of Service Fees and Cost Recovery Activities | Planned | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
13. Audit of the Net-Zero Accelerator (NZA) Initiative | Planned | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
14. Audit of Staffing and Classification | Planned | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
15. Audit of the Universal Broadband Fund | Planned | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
16. Audit of the Administration of the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act | Planned | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
As of June 30, 2023