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Welcome to the Web site of the Supreme Audit Office (SAO), an independent institution which audits the management of state property and the performance of the national budget. The status, the jurisdiction, the organizational structure and other details regarding the SAO shall be defined by Act No. 166/1993 Coll., concerning the Supreme Audit Office, of May 20th, 1993.

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The budgetary discipline of district courts

23.12.2009 - From March to September 2009, auditors from the Supreme Audit Office performed an audit that aimed at the state property, which was managed by district courts and courts with district jurisdiction, as well as at the finances spent on their activities in 2007 and 2008. There was no significant financial impact of the found insufficiencies upon their management.

Pavel Hrnčíř became a Member of the SAO Board

18.12.2009 - On December 9, 2009, Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic elected Pavel Hrnčíř to become a Member of the Board of the Supreme Audit Office (SAO).

Ministry of Agriculture’s 2008 statement of balances found inaccurate

10.12.2009 - Auditors from the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) concluded that the 2008 statement of balances of Ministry of Agriculture was not a reliable source for the 2008 final account of the state budget chapter 329 – Ministry of Agriculture. The total absolute inaccuracy overreached CZK 1,400 million and was mainly caused by over- and underestimates of particular statement items. The final accounts of the Ministry’s 2008 state budget chapter missed out some obligatory facts.

Representatives of supreme audit institutions of the European Union met in Hungary

7.12.2009 - From November 30 to December 1, 2009, the annual meeting of the Contact Committee of the supreme audit institutions (SAIs) of the European Union took place in Budapest, Hungary. The Czech Republic’s delegation was lead by president of the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) František Dohnal.

Number of citizens’ submissions increased

18.11.2009 - By the end of October 2009, the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) has recorded 11 % more submissions (including requests for information, complains, and initiatives) from citizens and institutions than in the previous year. The increase makes 19 % compared with the same period in 2007.

SAIs’ accountability and changes to legislation were among main agenda items of the V4+2 meeting in Poland

9.11.2009 - Presidents of supreme audit institutions (SAI) of the Visegrad Four member countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and the Slovak Republic) met with presidents of the Austria’s and Slovenia’s SAI at a regular meeting of the Visegrad 4+2 Group, which took place in Zakopane, Poland, on November 5 to 6, 2009.

Renilde Loeckx on a visit to SAO

9.11.2009 - Mrs. Renilde Loeckx, Consul General of Belgium, visited the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) to discuss common interests with president of SAO František Dohnal.

The 2008 statement of balances of the Ministry of Education consistent and in conformity with the law

29.10.2009 - From March to August 2009, auditors from the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) performed an audit that aimed at the 2008 statement of balances that was submitted by the Ministry of Education as a source for the 2008 closing account of the state budget chapter 333 – Ministry of Education. The object of the audit was to examine the statement’s consistency with respective regulations and conformity with law.

EU and state budget funds allotted and utilized in compliance with rules

6.10.2009 - From May 2004 to the end of June 2008, nearly CZK 195 million were utilized to implement the LEADER+ measures. From August 2008 to March 2009, auditors from the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) audited around 20 % of the financial resources.

Insufficient property accounts, inventory, and internal auditing systems of the organizational units of the state

30.9.2009 - The auditors from the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) performed an audit that aimed at the state property managed by organizational units of the state and allowance organizations that were founded in 2007 and 2008. Among the audited bodies were the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, the Archive of Security Forces, the Development Agency, and the children’s home with basic school in Ostrava-Kunčice.

Financial statements of the Ministry of Labour inaccurate repeatedly

29.9.2009 - From February to July 2009, auditors from the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) performed an audit that focused on accuracy of the 2008 final statements of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MLSA) and of the Labour Office of Plzeň. Auditors aimed at verifying of the correctness of reports submitted for the purpose of compiling the 2008 closing accounts of the state budget chapter 313 – Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Following the auditing operations No. 08/13 and No. 07/13, auditors focused on the same controlling subject, while the audited period was different.

Two new Members of the SAO Board administered

15.9.2009 - The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic proposed and elected Rudolf Kufa (Civil Democratic Party) and Karel Sehoř (Czech Social Democratic Party) to become new Members of the Board of the Supreme Audit Office.

SAO audited fixed tangible assets managed by police schools of the Ministry of Interior

3.8.2009 - From January to April 2009, auditors from the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) performed an audit of fixed tangible assets managed by police schools of the Ministry of Interior within the period from 2007 to 2008. The auditors concluded that the Ministry while administering the investment programme entitled “Rozvoj a obnova materiálně technické základny školství, vzdělávání a tělovýchovy” (Development and reconstruction of the material and technical bases of the Ministry of Education), agreed to finance particular investment ventures even though the applications omitted some required essential terms.

Risks of the R52 and R55 motorways’ procurements analyzed

1.7.2009 - From August 2008 to March 2009, auditors from the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) focused on the effectiveness of investments in the planned construction of a direct connection of Brno and Vienna via the R52 motorway. Among the audited bodies were the Ministry of Regional Development, the Ministry of Environment, the Road and Motorway Directorate of the Czech Republic, and the State Fund of Transport Infrastructure. Risk assessment analyses of the projects’ funding by means of the Operational Programme Transport showed that financial allocations for procurements of motorways R52 or R55 would be used for risky investment ventures.

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