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e-Gov - Citizenship and Control. TCU - Brazilian Court of Audit IT Audit Project Group. Background. Country amplitude 5 th largest country of world area: 8,500,000 sq. Km (2,5 x E.C.) population: 170,000,000 inhabitants counties: almost 6,000. Background (cont.).
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e-Gov - Citizenship and Control TCU - Brazilian Court of Audit IT Audit Project Group
Background • Country amplitude • 5 th largest country of world • area: 8,500,000 sq. Km (2,5 x E.C.) • population: 170,000,000 inhabitants • counties: almost 6,000
Background (cont.) • Communication and transport defective • North: Amazon forest • Northeast: semiarid scrub land • Roads conditions are improving slowly • Communication had a fast improvement in last 5 years
Background (cont.) • Difficulties of all country wide Government presence • development disproportionate: • Center and South developed • North and Northeast undeveloped • Faster and efficient attendance of citizens • claim of citizens
Brazilian Federal e-Gov Project • Objectives: • integration, co-ordination and fomentation IT use by Government and all society
e-Gov - main actions • Br@sil.gov Net Implantation • implantation of an unique Government information net • integration of lots of existent nets • reduce of kbit price • rational use of resources • standardization of procedures and services
e-Gov - main actions (cont.) • universal use of Internet by citizens • cost to access Internet cheaper • installation of one public computer for each 600 inhabitants in towns and cities
e-Gov - main actions (cont.) • access to all services and Government information on Internet: • information about citizenship, economy, public health, education, social security, etc. • payment of taxes • all services that is possible to be done without citizen presence on a public building
e-Gov - main actions (cont.) • improvement of quality of Government services • with information integration some services will be done faster and a rational way • increase of citizens satisfaction
Current stage • On October 1999 - Information Society Program • On June 2000 - Information Security Policy Edict • On September 2000 - Security Standards Edict • On October 2000 - e-Gov Executive Committee • On April 2001 - Government Procurement by Internet • On July 2001 - taxes payment by Internet
Public Account home-page • On December 1998, was edited a federal law that established a unique home-page for all Public Accounts controlled by TCU • On June 1999, Public Account Home-page was on Internet with information about Federal Government, States and Counties
Reengineering our SAI • On 1999 start a two-year study to reengineering our SAI • Department specialization was needful
IT Audit Management • Since 1996, TCU has a small group working with IT Audit • Now we have a Project for develop a methodology for IT Audit • This methodology will be disseminate to all auditors
IT Audit Management Proposal • Audit all Government main systems periodically • Follow up e-Gov actions • Audit systems, funds or Government units where fraud evidence was found • Selectivity and materiality will guide our work
IT Audit Training • Demand of IT Audit Department for training will increase • To follow up and to audit new technologies used by Government • To disseminate this knowledge spread TCU auditors
Conclusion • Opportunity to increase Public Control´s efficiency • Auditing Public Expenses will be follow up by: • TCU (Brazilian SAI) • all society through e-Gov • It will be possible to save Nation´s funds by auditing e-gov accurately