Amendment to Audit Bureau Law : The Jordan Audit Bureau has been working on revising its law and amending the regulations and instructions. The new amended law provides for such aspects of the audit office as independence of the Auditor General and his staff, and of auditing as those of the corporations and establishments in which the government's holdings are not less than 50% of shares.
Regarding budget, the Auditor General will add a new amendment to decide upon and bring out the Bureau's annual budget separate from the government budget that is issued by the Public Budgetary Department/Ministry of Finance.
XVIII Conference of Principal Audit and Accounts Officers : Conferences of senior officers of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department headed by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, have been held periodically to discuss the reorientation of the accounting and auditing systems and procedures suiting the changing environment and making for enhanced efficiency and effectiveness of the department. The XVIII Conference called by Mr.C.G. Somiah, was held in January 1991.
President of India delivering the inaugural address
The conference which was inaugurated by Mr.R. Venkataraman, President of India, was devoted to discussing the reorientation of the accounting and auditing systems and procedures to achieve the three goals : first to make accounts and audit more effective, especially as aid to administration; secondly to help establish or strengthen internal control and internal audit arrangements; and last but not the least, to create a climate for increased responsiveness of the administration to the requirements of proper accounting and auditing. The recommendations of the conference have been/are being implemented.
Bill on Public Finance: In order to help drafting a Bill on Public Finance in replacement of the Indische Comptabiliteits Wet or Audit Act of the (Dutch East) lndies(1925), several officials of the Supreme Audit Board of Indonesia and the Ministry of Finance conducted a comparative study of public finance legislations in several countries during the period August 1990 to January 1991. The comparative study which was made by visiting various institutions such as Parliament, SAI and government departments concerned in Australia, Canada, France, Malaysia and the Netherlands, covered the following :
The material obtained were considered quite useful for the production of the bill on public finance in Indonesia.
Audit Delegation to Indonesia : In an effort to promote inter-SAI cooperation and close relationship, the office of the Auditor General of Thailand took the initiative of sending a delegation to Indonesia. The delegation consisting of 11 audit officials and led by Mr.Thana Prachasri, Assistant Auditor General, visited the various formations and facilities of the Supreme Audit Board of Indonesia and held discussions focussing on audit mandate, organizational structure, audit approaches and management. This has enabled a comparative study and exchange of experience between the two SAIs.
The Thai delegation with the Chairman, Supreme Audit Board of Indonesia
Seventh Working Plan : The President of the State Audit Institution has issued the Seventh Working plan of the SAI for the period May 1991 to April 1992.
The plan lays emphasis on some topics which represent general substantial problems, and require some or all the departments of the SAI to participate in studying them for the interest of the general report which is presented to the legislature, such as :