Presentation to the Portfolio Committee:Audit Findings

12 May 2010

DPSA

Centre for Public Service Innovation

• For the 2008/09 financial year CPSI was included in the DPSA Vote 9 as Programme 7.

• CPSI therefore did not submit separate Annual Financial Statements and their expenditure were audited as part of the DPSA audit.

• No audit findings specifically related to CPSI were reported.

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Public Sector Education and Training Authority (PSETA)

• PSETA operational funding was included under the DPSA Vote 9 for the 2008/09 financial year under Programme 2.

• No PSETA specific audit findings were reported on this expenditure during the audit insofar as it related to the funds utilised under Programme 2 which the dpsa must report .

• However, any audit findings for the funding allocated under the National Skills Fund, as well as, the Disbursement Fund for Learnerships, is reported under the purview of the Minister of Labour’s budget vote.

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DPSA Audit findings 2008-09

Non compliance with legislation:

• No updated Strategic Human Resource Plan

Key governance responsibility:

• Risk assessment and Fraud Prevention Plan not finalised and approved.

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Action plan for Compliance

• HR plan developed, being implemented as of 1 April 2010 and continually reviewed according to needs.

• Risk management strategy developed including Fraud prevention & response plan is currently being implemented

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