Internal Audit, Evaluation and Review – Internal Audit Performance Results
As per the Directive on Internal Audit, departments must meet public reporting requirements as prescribed by the Comptroller General of Canada including performance results for the internal audit function.
The following four key compliance attributes provide pertinent information to stakeholders, in other words, Canadians and parliamentarians, regarding the professionalism, performance, and impact of the function in the RCMP.
For more information, see Why publish key compliance attributes of internal audit.
| Compliance attributes | Key compliance attribute | Results for the RCMP |
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Percentage of staff with an internal audit or accounting designation (Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA)). | 68% |
| Percentage of staff with an internal audit or accounting designation (Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA)) in progress. | 4% | |
| Percentage of staff holding other designations (Certified Government Auditing Professional (CGAP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), etc.). | 24% | |
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Date of last comprehensive briefing to the Departmental Audit Committee (DAC) on the internal processes, tools, and information considered necessary to evaluate conformance with the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Code of Ethics and the Standards and the results of the quality assurance and improvement program (QAIP). | June 7, 2022 |
| Date of last external assessment | September 23, 2019 | |
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The 2023 to 2028 Risk-Based Audit and Evaluation Plan was recommended for approval by the RCMP Departmental Audit Committee (DAC) in June 2023. The RCMP Commissioner's final approval of the 2023 to 2028 Risk-Based Audit and Evaluation Plan was still pending on June 30, 2023. |
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For this compliance attribute, see Progress against the internal audit components of the 2022 to 2027 Risk-Based Audit and Evaluation Plan and Management Action Plan implementation |
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Average overall usefulness rating from senior management (Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM)-level or equivalent) of areas audited. | 100% table 1 footnote 1 |
Table 1 footnotes
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In a client feedback survey, 1/1 senior managers agreed or fully agreed with the overall usefulness of areas audited.
| Engagement title | Engagement status | Risk-Based Audit and Evaluation Planning Years | Report approved date | Report published date | Original planned Management Action Plan completion date | Implementation status |
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| Audit of Values and Ethics | Published – Management Action Plan fully implemented | 2017 to 2022 | 2019-11-22 | 2020-02-20 | March 2022 | 100% |
| Audit of Access to Information and Privacy | Published – Management Action Plan fully implemented | 2017 to 2022 | 2020-03-15 | 2020-07-07 | November 2021 | 100% |
| Horizontal Audit of Physical Security (Office of the Comptroller General of Canada-led) | Published – Management Action Plan fully implemented | 2017 to 2022 | 2020-07-31 | 2020-09-28 | January 2022 | 100% |
| Audit of Regular Member Relocation | Published – Management Action Plan fully implemented | 2019 to 2024 | 2021-01-28 | 2021-03-26 | March 2022 | 100% |
| Audit of the Canadian Police College Cost Recovery Model | Published – Management Action Plan fully implemented | 2019 to 2024 | 2021-07-13 | 2021-11-19 | April 2023 | 100% |
| Audit of Open Source Information | Published – Management Action Plan not fully implemented | 2018 to 2023 | 2020-10-12 | 2021-03-19 | March 2021 | 33% |
| Audit of Sensitive Expenditures: Reporting object - Expenditures | Published – Management Action Plan not fully implemented | 2018 to 2023 | 2019-11-19 | 2020-04-07 | March 2021 | 75% |
| Audit of RCMP Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) | Published – Management Action Plan not fully implemented | 2018 to 2023 | 2019-02-27 | 2019-03-21 | September 2020 | 75% |
| Audit of Regular Member Health Benefits | Published – Management Action Plan not fully implemented | 2018 to 2023 | 2020-10-12 | 2021-02-02 | March 2022 | 43% |
| Audit of Policy Management - Phase Two | Published – Management Action Plan not fully implemented | 2017 to 2022 | 2020-10-14 | 2021-02-25 | December 2020 | 0% |
| Audit of National Standards | Published – Management Action Plan not fully implemented | 2019 to 2024 | 2021-07-12 | 2021-11-19 | December 2022 | 0% |
| Audit of Federal Policing Major Project Governance Tools | Published – Management Action Plan not fully implemented | 2019 to 2024 | 2022-03-02 | 2022-05-26 | April 2023 | 40% |
| Audit of RCMP Facilities Management: Health and Safety | Published – Management Action Plan not fully implemented | 2020 to 2025 | 2022-07-05 | to be confirmed | June 2023 | 0% |
| Review of the RCMP Vehicle Decommissioning Process | Published – Management Action Plan not fully implemented | 2020 to 2025 (addendum) | 2022-07-05 | 2022-10-25 | March 2024 | 33% |
| Audit of the Employee Departure Process - Phase Two (Regular Member Equipment) | Published – Management Action Plan not fully implemented | 2019 to 2024 | 2022-07-25 | 2022-11-25 | March 2024 | 0% |
| Audit of the Management of Terrorism Peace Bonds | Approved – Not published – Management Action Plan not fully implemented | 2017 to 2022 | 2019-03-03 | not applicable | December 2019 | 67% |
| Targeted Audit Planning Study – Information Management and Information Technology and Information Technology Security | Approved – Not published – No Management Action Plan | 2022 to 2027 | 2023-06-07 | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable |
| Review of Uniform and Dress Manual Policy Changes | In progress | 2021 to 2026 | ||||
| Audit of Emerging Investigative Technologies | In progress | 2021 to 2026 | ||||
| Review of RCMP Management of Major Initiatives | In progress | 2021 to 2026 | ||||
| Follow-up Audit of Exhibit Controls in detachments | In progress | 2021 to 2026 | ||||
| Review of the Shared Services Canada business arrangement | In progress | 2021 to 2026 | ||||
| Audit of RCMP Revenue Recognition Practices | In progress | 2022 to 2027 | ||||
| Audit of the Cadet Allocation Modernization | In progress | 2022 to 2027 | ||||
| Agile Audit of Body-Worn Cameras (BWC) | In progress | 2022 to 2027 |