Significant Accomplishments of COA as of December 2008

Hereunder are the Significant Accomplishments of COA as of December 2008:

PEOPLE

Continuous development of skills and professional competence and enhancement of personnel welfare and assistance.

PROCESS

Continuing research to see to it that its auditing practices and the government accounting rules and regulations are kept abreast of development in international standards and legal norms.

Conduct of financial, compliance and performance audits in agencies of government.
COA at the cutting edge of technological advances in the areas of accounting, auditing and settlement of accounts by maximizing the benefits of information and communication technology.

Enhanced and strengthened decision-making process of the Commission.

Intensified monitoring of audit recommendations and enforcement of COA decisions.

Continued coordination with prosecutorial, investigative and other government agencies in the fight against graft and corruption.

Strengthened relationships with Supreme Audit Institutions of other countries.

Emphasis of substance rather than form, simplicity rather than complexity, quality rather than quantity, the auditor as an enabler rather than a disabler.

PRODUCT

Publication and other means of information dissemination to the public of the performance, financial operations, results of audit of national, corporate and local government, and the actions taken on complaints.

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