News - Operational management in central government

1. Alternatives to the involvement of state owned enterprises in energy transition inadequately studied

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

   News item | 24-06-2021 | 17:00

2. BES islands: poor insight into special purpose grants

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

   News item | 23-06-2021 | 17:30

3. Multiyear forecasts not up to date or correct

   The Netherlands Court of Audit concludes from an audit of five cases that multiyear forecasts in the ministries’ budgets are ...

   News item | 22-06-2021 | 17:30

4. Ministries rarely propose terminating existing policy

   Little improvement in insight into impact of government policy Ministries invest a lot of energy in initiatives to increase ...

   News item | 21-04-2021 | 17:30

5. Better quality control and more public understanding of government algorithms needed

   Netherlands Court of Audit develops audit framework The government, like private companies, is making increasing use of ...

   News item | 26-01-2021 | 17:30

6. Data errors hamper enforcement of environmental rules

   Typing errors, records entered under different names and inconsistent address details are hampering the enforcement of ...

   News item | 20-01-2021 | 16:30

7. Audit request from the House of Representatives honoured

   The Netherlands Court of Audit has honoured a request from the House of Representatives to audit information security at the ...

   News item | 12-01-2021 | 00:00

8. Risks of home working in central government

   Some of the civil servants in central government believe communication of the secure use of collaborative ICT tools such as ...

   News item | 02-11-2020 | 09:00

9. Cyber security of border controls at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is not adequate

   An audit by the Netherlands Court of Audit has revealed that the cyber security of the border controls operated by Dutch border ...

   News item | 20-04-2020 | 09:00

10. Citizens and businesses not yet at centre of basic registers

    Citizens and businesses find it too complicated to correct errors in the government’s basic registers. They still cannot report ...

    News item | 18-06-2019 | 16:00