The Office of Evaluation and Audit (Indigenous Programs) (OEA) conducted a performance audit of the Indigenous Heritage Program (IHP) to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts' (DEWHA's) management of the IHP and to determine whether the IHP is meeting its objectives of identifying, conserving and...

The performance audit examined the efficiency and effectiveness of ICV in providing volunteer services and achieving skills transfer to Indigenous Australians in order to support social and economic development.

The overarching objective of the evaluation was to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of: the Department's management of PHCF program as funded to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services (ATSIHSs); program service delivery by ATSIHSs in improving access to effective primary health care services for Indigenous Australians; and the Department's processes for assessing how...

Grant-makers in the culture, media and sport sector in the UK fund awards of around ?1.8 billion a year. The cost of administering these grants, and of related activities, is in the region of ?200 million. Variations in administration costs between grant programs reflect their differing objectives but also suggest scope for grant-makers to learn...

Australia's Child Support Scheme, managed by the Child Support Agency, has operated since 1988 to assess, collect and disperse child maintenance money. The objective of this audit was to examine the integrity of electronic records stored on the CSA's database—Cuba—and to report on the effectiveness of CSA's management of the data.