Auditor General of Singapore

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Auditor-General's Office
Agency overview
Formed1867 (1867)
Jurisdiction Government of Singapore
MottoTo audit and report to the President and Parliament on the proper accounting and use of public resources so as to enhance public accountability and help strengthen the financial governance of the public service.
Agency executives
  • Goh Soon Poh, Auditor-General
  • Rina Chua, Deputy Auditor-General
  • Ng Wee Leng, Assistant Auditor-General
  • Mabel Watt, Assistant Auditor-General
Website https://www.ago.gov.sg/
Agency IDT08GA0002D

The Auditor-General's Office (AGO) is an organ of state and Singapore's national auditor. The President is empowered under the Constitution to appoint the Auditor-General in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister.

Contents

The Audit Act 1966 imposes a duty on the Auditor-General to audit the accounts of all departments and offices of the Singapore Government (including the office of the Public Service Commission), the accounts of the Supreme Court, all subordinate courts, and Parliament. [1] The Act confers on the Auditor-General various investigatory powers to facilitate the carrying out of audits. [2] [3]

The AGO reports their findings directly to the President, Parliament, and the public, through the Annual Report of the Auditor-General. Audit findings are also shared with the management of the audited organisation. [4]

History

On 2 October 2017, Parliament passed amendments to the Audit Act 1966 to grant the AGO additional powers to conduct "follow-the-dollar" audits to trace public monies beyond government agencies to non-government organisations to which the monies are disbursed, such as voluntary welfare organisations and autonomous universities. These "follow-the-dollar" audits can only be carried out by the AGO if it is directed to do so by the Minister for Finance, who may only give such a direction if they are satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so. [5]

Management

The current Auditor-General is Goh Soon Poh. Goh was previously deputy secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Prime Minister's Office before her appointment as Auditor-General in 2019. [6] [7]

Goh is the wife of Senior Minister of State for Defence Heng Chee How. Responding to a question from MP Sylvia Lim in Parliament, the Minister-in-charge of the Public Service, Chan Chun Seng, clarified that there is generally no conflict of interest between the AGO and the ministries which they audit and further, political office-holders are not involved in the audits conducted by the AGO. [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Section 3". Audit Act 1966 of Singapore.
  2. ↑ "Section 6". Audit Act 1966 of Singapore.
  3. ↑ "Keeping govt agencies on their toes". The Straits Times. 24 July 2023. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Overview". www.ago.gov.sg. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "Keeping govt agencies on their toes". The Straits Times. 24 July 2023. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "New auditor-general to take charge from Feb 2019". The Business Times. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  7. ↑ Lai, Linette (8 January 2019). "New auditor-general to take over next month as incumbent retires". The Straits Times . ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Auditor-general is wife of political office-holder, but there's no conflict of interest: Chan Chun Sing". TODAY. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  9. ↑ Au-Yong, Rachel (28 February 2019). "Parliament: 'No conflict of interest' in appointing new Auditor-General, a Senior Minister of State's wife". The Straits Times . ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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