Air quality is still not improving in the Czech Republic, although it is subsidised by the EU and the Czech state
The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) examined the funds allocated for the improvement of air quality between 2015 and 2017.
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SAO issued the English version of the EU report. It assesses the drawdown and use of European subsidies, and it also recapitulates the related audits.
The Supreme Audit Office issued an English version of its annual report on the financial management of the EU budget funds in the Czech Republic — the so-called “EU Report”.
Housing support needs both systemic change and a Social Housing Act. The SAO points to the largest problems of housing policy
In its report, the Supreme Audit Office summarises the housing situation in the Czech Republic.
The accounting reform of public finances provides more comprehensive information, but it has been accompanied by regulatory problems.
The Supreme Audit Office focused on the conduct of the accounting reform of public finances. This reform has introduced elements of advanced accrual accounting in the Czech public sector since 2010.
The State guarantees are accompanied only by partial problems
The Supreme Audit Office focused on the way how the state guarantees were administered by the Ministry of Finance from 2013 to 2016.
The environmental audit experts met in Prague. They discussed both audit topics and current environmental issues
On 22-25 October, the 16th meeting of the Steering Committee of the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing took place in Prague.
Accident rates for rail crossings have not been declining. In their security, the Czech Republic is one of the worst countries in Europe
The Supreme Audit Office focused on the safety of rail traffic and passengers between 2013 and 2017.
The Czech presidency in the Audit Commission of the European Space Agency is successfully finishing. The President of the SAO received Czech representatives
On 2 October 2018, the President of the SAO, Mr Miloslav Kala, together with the Senior Director of the Audit Section, Mr Stanislav Koucký, received Czech representatives of the Audit Commission of the European Space Agency (ESA) Mr Luboš Rokos and Ms Regina Charyparova.
Auditors of the German SAI visited the SAO. Their main task was to draw up an audit report on value added tax.
On 25-27 September 2018, representatives of the Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic and the Federal Court of Audit of Germany met at the headquarters of the Supreme Audit Office in Prague.
Programmers have hacked the state for the second time. Winning application deals with indebtedness and spending of municipalities
In the night of 14/15 September, programmers were again gathered to make use of open public administration data at the headquarters of the Supreme Audit Office.
Delegation from the National Audit Office of Bulgaria visited the SAO. The main topics were sharing information and the EUROSAI Presidency
On 13 September, the SAO President Miloslav Kala and representatives of the SAO welcomed colleagues of the Bulgarian National Audit Office headed by President Tzvetan Tzvetkov.
The SAO welcomed representatives of the State Budget Control Select Committee of the Parliament of the Republic of Estonia
On 5 September 2018, the SAO President Miloslav Kala welcomed representatives of the State Budget Control Select Committee of the Parliament of the Republic of Estonia.
The development of e-commerce has caught the VAT administration unprepared. Revenues from this tax are not guaranteed
The Supreme Audit Office focused on VAT administration in cross-border e-commerce between traders and consumers in the years 2015-2017.
Representatives of the SAI of Slovakia and the Czech Republic met for the planned audit on climate and energy policy support
From 4-6 September 2018, SAO auditors met with their colleagues from the SAI of the Slovak Republic.
The procurement procedure for medicine purchases? For university hospitals, it is rather an exception. Medicaments were often purchased directly and without competition
The Supreme Audit Office reviewed the management of three selected hospitals for the period of 2014-2016.
Audit of the management of the Czech Post: complaints cumulate, the "Partner Post Office" project lags behind
The Supreme Audit Office scrutinized the management of Česká pošta, s.p. (the Czech Post, state enterprise), between 2015 and 2017.
After four years of running, central state purchasing does still not work
The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) has audited the centralized public procurement in the state administration for the period of 2014-2017.
The closing account and financial statements of the Ministry of Agriculture for 2017 did not contain significant misstatements
The Supreme Audit Office examined the closing account of the state budget chapter of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), its bookkeeping and preparation of the financial statements for the year 2017.
Expenditures on science are rising, yet we are falling behind Europe in innovation. The problem is in the support system.
The Supreme Audit Office examined support for research, development, and innovation in the Czech Republic between 2014 and 2016.
Ministry of Transport and subordinate organizations have removed the deficiencies from the last audit, but the state has paid tens of millions more because of protracted problems
The Supreme Audit Office scrutinized the management of the Ministry of Transport (MoT) and its subordinate organizations of the Railway Inspectorate, the Rail Authority, and the Directorate of Waterways of the Czech Republic (DoW) between 2015 and 2017.