Our recommendations
We consulted with audited agencies and considered their views when reaching our conclusions.
We made 2 recommendations to address our findings, noting a number of recommendations from prior reports remain relevant and unresolved.
This year's recommendations
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Appendix E: Policy performance data
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Appendix D: Agencies under the Policy
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Appendix C: Review scope and method
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Appendix B: Abbreviations, acronyms and glossary
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Appendix A: Submissions and comments
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5. How agencies pay invoices
We looked at 6 agencies in detail to see how they process and pay invoices. This section contains case studies which look at the business practices that support agencies to pay their invoices on time.
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4. How agencies calculate timeliness
We looked at 6 agencies in detail to see how they record and report their payment timeliness data. We found that agencies apply and interpret the Policy differently. This makes it difficult to compare agencies’ performance.
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