Status of Internal Audits and Management Action Plans

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.

Status update on the implementation of the internal audit engagements
Internal audit title Audit status Report - approved date Report - published date Original planned MAP completion date Implementation status (%)
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