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Data Errors, Corrections, and Disclaimer

The INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA) and the Office of the Auditor General of Canada follow procedures that are designed to ensure that data disseminated in their department is of reasonable quality. If users encounter inaccurate information, they may contact us. Neither the INTOSAI WGEA nor the Office of the Auditor General guarantees the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the data provided.

Language Policy

The official language for all INTOSAI working groups is English. Although the Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA) conducts its activities in English, some documents, such as guidelines and surveys produced by the WGEA, are translated into the other four official languages of INTOSAI – French, Spanish, German, and Arabic.

The WGEA Web site is composed of primarily English content. However, in order to facilitate access to documentation produced or made available in any of the other official INTOSAI languages, we have created French, Spanish, German, and Arabic content pages on this Web site.

The content page for each of the four other official languages contains the titles and may contain actual environmental audits produced and made available by supreme audit institutions (SAIs) in the language of that page. For the titles or audits provided, there is also an indication of whether they can be accessed in any of the other official languages. This same format applies to approved INTOSAI and WGEA proceedings, studies, and guidelines on environmental auditing.

On the Web page presenting the environmental audits produced by SAIs, we will also indicate in which other languages the documents are available.

How to Submit Audit Reports?

SAI member countries may choose to submit their environmental auditing report titles, summaries, and full text documents for inclusion on the WGEA Web site. All reports listed will include a link to the SAI country contact page, giving the reader an opportunity to contact the SAI for further information.

Here are the procedures to follow in order for a SAI to have its environmental report titles listed on the WGEA Web site:

The report title, the name of the SAI member country, date published, audit issue* and audit type** must be available in English.
To be listed in the “other language” sections of the Web site, the name of the SAI member country, the report title, date published, language, audit issue,* and audit type** must be available in one or more of the other official INTOSAI languages: French, Spanish, German, or Arabic.
A SAI may choose to indicate any other language than the five INTOSAI languages that a summary or full text report is available in, such as Swedish or Hebrew.
The report titles information must be submitted electronically to the WGEA Web site contact.

In order for a SAI to have its report summaries and/or full environmental audits included on the WGEA Web site, the following language criteria must be met:

The report summary or full text document must be available in any of the five INTOSAI languages.
The report titles criteria listed above must be met.
The documents must be available in Adobe Acrobat “pdf” format.
The documents must be submitted electronically to the WGEA Web site contact.

*Audit issue – All audit reports on the site are classified according to a list of audit issues. To see a full list of the issues, click here. To see a list of the issues for 2003 and prior, click here.

**Audit types – All audit reports on the site are classified according to whether they are financial, compliance, performance, or priori (e.g. an audit in advance of expenditures). To see the audit types which apply to 2003 and prior, click here.

Privacy Statement

Privacy is a guiding principle of the Government On-Line initiative.

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada and the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (the "Office") is committed to respecting the personal privacy of individuals who visit our web sites. This page summarizes the privacy policy and practices of our site.

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada and the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development does not automatically gather any personal information from you, such as your name, phone number, e-mail or street address during your visit to its web sites. This information is only obtained if you supply it voluntarily, usually through contacting us via e-mail, or registering in a secure portion of the site.

All personal information you do provide is protected under the federal Privacy Act. This means that, at the point of collection, you will be informed that your personal information is being collected, the purpose for which it is being collected and that you have a right of access to the information.

Any job application which you submit on line will go to E-cruiter, a corporation which is not part of the federal government. E-cruiter is bound by a contract with the Office of the Auditor General to treat any personal information they receive from job applicants as though it were covered by the provisions of the Privacy Act. Any questions, concerns or complaints you may have about how E-cruiter is handling personal information submitted by job applicants should be directed to the Privacy Co-ordinator as listed below.

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada and the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development uses software that receives and records the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of computers that have connected with our web sites. The Office makes no attempt to link these addresses with the identity of individuals visiting our site.

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada and the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development does not use "cookies" to track how visitors use our web site. Whenever we enable "cookies" to facilitate your transactions, we will first inform you. (Note: Cookies are files that a web site can place on your hard drive, without your knowledge, to monitor your use of that site.)

Visitor information is not disclosed to anyone except Office of the Auditor General of Canada and the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development personnel who need the information, e.g., to respond to a request. Questions or comments regarding this policy, or the administration of the Privacy Act in the Office of the Auditor General of Canada may be directed to the Privacy Co-ordinator by e-mail or by calling (613) 995-3708 or writing to Elizabeth Stewart, Privacy Co-ordinator, Office of the Auditor General of Canada at 240 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario

If you are not satisfied with our response to your privacy concern, you may wish to contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner at www.privcom.gc.ca.