Other Agency Tools
Queensland State Agencies such as the Queensland Audit Office, Office of Information Commission and Queensland Ombudsman have helpful tools, factsheets and other resources to assist local governments.
The following are some links to these agencies and their tools (NB: this list is not exhaustive). You are encouraged to visit these sites and other agency websites, to see what is available.
Crime and Corruption Commission
- Public sector publications, tools, etc
Office of Information Commission
Audit Tools – implementation of the Right to Information Act 2009 and Information Privacy Act 2009
Managing Access to Video Records
Projecting your right to information and privacy
- Information for Government
- Guidelines
- Right to information and Information Privacy Training and events
- Reports and resources
- Assessment/maturity models:
The QAO has developed range of resources including guides, checklists and self–assessment tools. These were developed in response to issues, challenges and opportunities identified through audit work and engagement.
You are encouraged to review the overriding reports that have resulted in the following tools being created, which are available on their Better Practices page
- Annual Internal Control assessment (Annual internal control assessment.xlsx (live.com))
- Fraud risk assessment and planning tool (fraud risk assessment tool to help public sector agencies document their assessments of fraud risk, how they will control fraud risks, and how they will monitor and report their fraud risks)
- Risk Management Maturity model (self-assess their risk management practices to identify strengths and improvement opportunities)
- Service prioritisation tool (cost value tool to help local governments identify the key priorities for funding allocation)
- Grant Management Maturity model (self-assess their grant management practices to identify the strengths of their grant programs and opportunities)
- Local government procure-to-pay model (self-assess practices to identify strengths and improvement opportunities in end-to-end procure-to-pay function)
- Public administration resources (training, casebooks, newsletters)
Office of Independent Assessor
For information about the Office of the Independent Assessor (OIA), click here. To understand the process of how the OIA work, click here.