Supplementary Information Tables: 2013–14 Departmental Performance Report

Internal Audits and Evaluations

Internal Audits (current reporting period)

The following table lists all key internal audits conducted in 2013–14. Complete Audit Reports are available online.

Name of Internal Audit Internal Audit Type Status Completion Date
Audit of Values and Ethics Internal Services Completed 2013–14
Audit of the Economic Action Plan – Governance and Planning Initiative Completed 2013–14
Audit of Key Financial Controls Financial Completed 2013–14
Audit of the Human Resources Management Information System HR, IT Completed 2013–14
Audit of Surveillance Activities Program Completed 2013–14
Audit of Information Technology Planning IT Completed 2014-15
Audit of Procurement and Contracting Financial In progress 2014-15
Audit of Operational Planning Process Internal Services In progress 2014-15
Audit of Project Management Framework Internal Services In progress 2014-15
Audit of the Management of HIV/AIDS Programs Program In progress 2014-15

Evaluations (current reporting period)

The following table lists all key evaluations conducted in 2013–14. Complete Evaluation Reports are available online.

Name of Evaluation Program Status Completion Date
Evaluation of Canadian Public Health Service 1.1 Public Health Infrastructure Completed July 2013
International Health Grants Program including the Contribution to the Pan-American Health Organization 1.1 Public Health Infrastructure Completed July 2013
Evaluation of National Collaborating Centres 1.1 Public Health Infrastructure Completed May 2014
Evaluation of the Federal Initiative on HIV/AIDS in Canada 1.1 Public Health Infrastructure
1.2 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Completed March 2014
Evaluation of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder 1.2 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Completed March 2014
Evaluation of the Active and Safe Injury Prevention Initiative 1.2 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Completed March 2014
Evaluation of the Blood Safety Contribution Program 1.2 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Completed March 2014
Evaluation of Biosecurity 1.3 Health Security Completed March 2014
Evaluation of the Innovation Strategy 1.2 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention In progress December 2014
Evaluation of Travel Health and Border Security 1.2 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention In progress December 2014
Evaluation of Chronic Disease Prevention Activities 1.2 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention In progress March 2015

Response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits

Response to parliamentary committees

Standing Committee on Health

The Agency was not the lead on any Government Responses to Parliamentary Committee Reports during the 2013–14 reporting year.

Response to the Auditor General (including to the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)

2013 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada

Chapter 4 – Official Development Assistance through Multilateral Organizations

The overall objective of the audit was to determine whether the responsible federal departments and agencies promote Canadian development priorities and assess, on an ongoing basis, the effectiveness of spending on Official Development Assistance delivered through multilateral organizations, and whether they have assurance that the government’s spending is consistent with the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act.

There were no recommendations addressed to the Agency.

Chapter 5 – Promoting Diabetes Prevention and Control
 
The objective of the audit was to determine whether the Agency, HC, and CIHRC have implemented and coordinated activities, with partners, for the prevention and control of diabetes.

The Agency received six recommendations.

2013 Fall Report of the Auditor General of Canada

Chapter 4 – Canada’s Food Recall System

The overall audit objective was to determine whether the CFIA, with the support of HC and the Agency, adequately manages the food recall system.

There were no recommendations addressed to the Agency.

Chapter 6 – Emergency Management on Reserves

The objective of the audit was to determine whether Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada’s and HC’s emergency management support to First Nations on reserves is adequately managed.

The Agency received one recommendation.

External audits conducted by the Public Service Commission of Canada or the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages

Nil.

Status Report on Projects Operating with Specific Treasury Board Approval

Project Original estimated total cost
($M)
Revised estimated total cost
($M)
Actual total cost
($M)
2013–14
($M)
Expected date of close-out
Main Estimates Planned spending Total authorities Actual
Program 1.1.3 Public Health Laboratory System
JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre 42.1 42.1 39.7 0.5 0.5 2.3 1.9 2014
Program 1.3.3 Biosecurity
Human Pathogens and Toxins Biosafety / Biosecurity Program 10.1 10.1 7.5 1.7 1.7 3.0 1.2 2016
Single Window 4.2 4.2 0.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.5 2017

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