Discussion Papers

• Managing Sustainable Development: A Discussion Paper by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (PDF 2.3 MB)—March 2010
• Reporting on Outcomes: Setting Performance Expectations and Telling Performance Stories (PDF 132 KB)—May 2003
• Reflections on a Decade of Serving Parliament (PDF 571 KB)—February 2001
• Addressing Attribution Through Contribution Analysis: Using Performance Measures Sensibly (PDF 54 KB)—June 1999
• Innovation and Risk-Taking in the Federal Government, 1998
  • The Role and Perspective of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada
  • An Industry Canada Perspective (published with permission from Industry Canada)
  • Innovation In The Federal Government: The Risk Not Taken (published with permission from the Public Policy Forum)
  • Innovation In The Federal Government: The Risk Not Taken—Summary of Discussions (published with permission from the Public Policy Forum)
  • Assessing Alternative Service Delivery Arrangements
• Modernizing Accountability Practices In The Public Sector (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Internet Site)—A joint discussion draft by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada and the Treasury Board Secretariat—1998