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ISRAEL'S AUDITOR AS POLICY‐MAKER
Author(s) -
SHARKANSKY IRA
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.313
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-9299
pISSN - 0033-3298
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9299.1988.tb00682.x
Subject(s) - audit , commission , accounting , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , auditor's report , auditor independence , chief audit executive , business , political science , public administration , law , joint audit , internal audit , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , computer science
Supreme audit institutions claim to avoid directly criticizing government policy. However, their assertions do not reflect reality. Israel's State Comptroller is explicit in criticizing government policy, and suggesting other policies in their place. The US General Accounting Office, the UK National Audit Office, and the Philippines Commission on Audit also criticize policy, but with styles that are more subtle and indirect than the Israeli auditor's. A review of the responses to Israel's audit reports reveals the extent of policy influence and the constraints that limit the auditor's role as a policy‐maker.