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:
- Ensure that all purchases of notebook computers, servers, and software are made through PWGSC consolidated procurement instruments, where available.
- Ensure that all purchases of paper contain post-consumer fibre, are certified by Eco-Logo and processed chlorine free, are certified as Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) recycled, and are manufactured using biogas energy.
- Ensure that all acquisitions of electronic equipment and appliances are ENERGY STAR-rated high efficiency.
- Ensure that the Auditor General’s vehicle (Office vehicle fleet) is replaced using the PWGSC National Master Standing Offer, when required. The Executive Vehicle Policy states that executives’ vehicles will be hybrid-electric; factory-equipped for natural gas, propane, or E-85 ethanol fuel; or factory-equipped, four-cylinder, with a conventional engine emitting below 4,200 kg of CO2 emissions per year.
- Promote the increasing acquisition of eco-friendly products (such as binders, pens, staplers, hole punches) from companies with a “green catalogue” when it makes economic sense to do so.
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.