Documents - Operational management in central government

1. A worrying lack of decisiveness

   Audit of the policy to combat care fraud  Measures to combat fraud involving public care funds rarely if ever work in practice. ...

   Report | 14-04-2022

2. In care, out of sight

   Are patients receiving good forensic care? It is uncertain whether the forensic care provided to convicts helps their recovery ...

   Report | 23-03-2022

3. Inventory of state-owned assets

   The most normal thing in the world? The Dutch central government does not have a full inventory of its assets or know what their ...

   Report | 01-12-2021

4. In Public Hands

   The Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy has not adequately explained why he is charging the state owned enterprises ...

   Report | 24-06-2021

5. Special Purpose Grants Awarded to the Caribbean Netherlands

   Parliament receives incomplete or inadequately reliable information from the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK) ...

   Report | 23-06-2021

6. Budgetary leeway in the forecasts? Multiyear forecasts audited

   We conclude from our audit of five cases that parliament lacks the information necessary to correctly assess the underpinning and ...

   Report | 22-06-2021

7. Insight into quality

   Successful operation? Ministries invest a lot of energy in initiatives to increase insight into the goals of government policy. ...

   Report | 21-04-2021

8. Understanding algorithms

   The Netherlands Court of Audit has investigated the Dutch government’s use of algorithms. The government, like private companies, ...

   Report | 26-01-2021

9. An invisible problem

   Poor quality of data on environmental crime and offences Typing errors, records entered under different names and inconsistent ...

   Report | 20-01-2021

10. Focus on digital home working

    Between July and October 2020, the Netherlands Court of Audit investigated what ICT tools the staff of Dutch ministries and High ...

    Publication | 02-11-2020