State property and State Budget funds earmarked to cover the work of the Czech Statistical Office
Press release on completion of the auditing operation No. 06/01
The auditing operation was included in the Annual Audit Plan of the Supreme Audit Office (hereinafter referred to as “SAO”) for the year 2006 under No. 06/01. The auditing operation was managed and the audit conclusion drawn up by Mrs. Marie Hošková, the Member of the SAO.
The aim of the audit was to examine the management of the state property and funds spend from the State Budget for the activities of the Czech Statistical Office.
The audited body was the Czech Statistical Office. The audited period covered the years 2004 and 2005 as well as previous or following periods in certain cases of relevant connections.
The Czech Statistical Office managing of funds and properties of the state made some deficiencies particularly in public procurement procedures.
Irregularities occurred also in budget planning, bookkeeping, stocktaking and other forms of the state property managing.
It resulted from the audit findings that procedures applied in the bookkeeping and the state property managing were not always in compliance with relevant laws on the state property, accountancy and budgetary rules.