Topic: Office of the Auditor General

The Deputy Governor has promised “a new strategy” following an Auditor General report that highlighted a growing backlog of outstanding government recommendations and minutes.

Public Accounts Committee questioning highlighted financial flaws at the Health Services Authority and in the wider public sector.

Government's top financial advisor has told MPs that there is unlikely to be a $60 million deficit at the end of the year as previously predicted and that there could be a small surplus instead.

Auditor General Patrick Smith spent the last 23 years working in the Office of the Auditor General before taking up the top role.

Current Deputy Auditor General Patrick Smith will become the first Caymanian to hold the position of auditor general in Cayman.

The Cayman Islands risks not being able to meet its financial commitments in the future unless it gets to grips with its spending strategy, the auditor general has warned.

An auditor general's report into the now-abandoned ReGen solid waste management deal has been officially released.

Cayman's tourism industry will have to wait until next year for a new roadmap for its development as work on the document has been put on hold until the end of 2025 general election and the subsequent installation of a Tourism Minister.

In a new report, the Office of the Auditor General called for better protection and prediction of employment prospects for Caymanians.

An annual allowance of $60,000 is given to each of the 19 elected members of parliament to pay to run their constituency offices - but the way the cash is actually used appears to vary widely, and there is no legal obligation for legislators to record or report any of their expenditure.

The government's top ten earners received $3.6 million between them last year – an average of $362,000 per person, according to a newly published public interest report.

The 11 members of Cayman’s Cabinet received an average of $304,502 each in 2022, according to a public interest report from the Office of the Auditor General.

Nine public bodies broke the law last year when they spent more than $10 million in government funds without requesting the required approval first.

Auditor General Sue Winspear said the quality public bodies’ financial reporting is generally good but there is much room for improvement.

Little renewable energy, lack of recycling facilities and high carbon dioxide emissions are some of Cayman’s environmental failures, a report has revealed.

Governor Martyn Roper and Deputy Governor Franz Manderson have both expressed concern over the leaking of a yet-to-be-published Auditor General report, saying the matter will be investigated.

Auditor General Sue Winspear has expressed disappointment in the Health Services Authority's failed procurement exercise for its pharmacy, saying value for money is important when around $9 million annually is being spent.

Auditor General Sue Winspear is highlighting a lack of action by government on several recommendations, including in healthcare and welfare assistance, made by her office and by the Public Accounts Committee.

The first hearing of the new Public Accounts Committee has been deferred for one week to allow Ministry of Finance staff to complete their work on the PACT government's inaugural strategic policy statement, PAC chairman Roy McTaggart has said.

The Cayman Islands Government spent around $21.5 million on coronavirus-control measures during the first three months of pandemic response, according to analysis released Monday by the Office of the Auditor General.

Utility regulator OfReg’s first three years in operation have been plagued by a lack of strategic planning, little oversight and inconsistent leadership, according to a performance audit issued by the Office of the Auditor General on Monday. The Utility Regulation and Competition Office was established in January 2017 under the Utility Regulation and Competition Law  by merging the regulatory functions of four existing organisations – the Electricity Regulatory Authority, the Information and Communications Technology Authority, the Petroleum Inspectorate and part of the Water Authority. But the lack of effective planning for the merger created problems for the regulator from the outset.

The Office of the Auditor General in its latest report has flagged purchasing breaches within the National Roads Authority.

Chief Justice Anthony Smellie said the struggle continues for courtroom space as he addressed the formal opening of Grand Court.

Local judicial leaders have said they will continue to prioritise implementing best practices to improve court efficiency.

Operations at Cayman’s new Customs and Border Control department will be examined Wednesday as the Public Accounts Committee resumes hearings.

Despite a report from the Office of the Auditor General finding significant shortcomings in the way the government oversees outside contracts, the Central Procurement Office said it has already been making progress on many of the recommendations in the report.

Three years after an audit report highlighted systemic flaws in the Cayman Islands welfare system, government has made little progress in rectifying the situation, according to an update from the auditor general.

Despite improvements being made over the last several years, government still does not properly plan or budget its major capital projects, which could mean that the costs of those developments could be underestimated by a “significant” amount, according to a report released last week by the Office of the Auditor General.

The Cayman Islands has piled up $8.9 million in unpaid garbage fees and the vast majority of that amount is likely uncollectable.