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  1. Good practice guide for organisations using AI

    Insight Good practice guides

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    This guide highlights key considerations for audit and risk assurance committees when overseeing AI within public sector organisations.

  2. Delivering more productive public services

    Insight Opinion

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    Our aim is to bring together insights from across our audit work and share practical lessons on achieving productivity improvements.

  4. AI auditing tool

    Insight Opinion

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    We have co-produced a practical AI auditing catalogue and tool to support the assurance of AI in government.

  5. Step change needed in government financial management

    Insight Opinion

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    In his annual speech in Parliament, Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, said a renewed government focus on the fundamentals of good financial management is needed to maintain trust and accountability for taxpayers.

  6. Good practice in annual reporting

    Insight Good practice guides

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    This interactive guide sets out good practice principles for annual reporting with examples from public sector organisations.

  9. Using consultants in government

    Insight Good practice guides

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    This guide focuses on how to maximise value, common pitfalls to avoid and questions to consider when planning and managing the use of consultants.

  11. Cyber security and resilience

    Insight Good practice guides

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    Our new guide helps boards and audit committees ask the right questions to boost cyber security and resilience.

  12. Financial management in government: reporting for decision-making

    Insight Good practice guides

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    This guide is for finance leaders in government departments and other public bodies. It sets out insights and good practice on how information can be reported to make better financial management decisions.

  13. Government exits and redundancies

    Insight Good practice guides

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    A guide to help government departments assess how employee exits and redundancies in government are being conducted.

  14. Government workforce planning – audit framework

    Insight Good practice guides

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    This guidance is intended to help government organisations, audit teams and others to test the quality of workforce planning in government.

  17. Private finance for infrastructure

    Insight Lessons learned

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    The aim of this National Audit Office report is to support public bodies as they consider how to finance new public infrastructure. 

  19. Contract management: Managing the commercial lifecycle

    Insight Good practice guides

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    This good practice guidance reflects upon findings and recommendations drawn from 200 reports concerning 300 commercial arrangements that have been published over the past 20 years.