The SAI’s contact with the media has traditionally been a once a year feature. Friedberg (1991) gave the interesting example of an Israeli journalist who refers to the State Comptroller’s annual report as “The Annual Roar”, reminiscent of the lion appearing at the beginning of Metro Goldwin-Mayer movies – “he roars to the right, he roars to the left, and in a gesture of defeat, he drops his head and disappears until the next movie”.
Extract from: Improving Accountability: The Guyana Experience 1985 – 2007
The report of the Auditor General on the public accounts was laid in the National Assembly last Monday. Today, we examine the report to assist the public in understanding the issues contained in it.
Deadline for submission of the report
The Audit Act 2004 requires the Auditor General to submit his report on the results of the audit of the public accounts not later than 30 September following the close of the financial year. The report for 2011 was finalized on 28 September 2012. It was not the first time that the stipulated deadline was achieved. For example,