Role of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit

7.  The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) has been influential in establishing the MPR, and has taken an active role in the development of the MPR program.3 In April 2011 the Committee published its second report on its review of the annual MPR.4 The report made nine recommendations to further progress and improve the accountability and transparency of major Defence equipment acquisitions including with respect to the presentation of financial data by the DMO, which was the subject of audit qualification in prior years.

8.  The Committee commented that the third report built on the level and presentation of information provided in previous MPRs, which in turn improved its readability and utility. The Committee has indicated its intention to review this report, the 2010-11 MPR, in the new year.

Table 1
2010-11 MPR projects and approved budgets at 30 June 2011

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3  The guidelines for the 2010-11 MPR, which were endorsed by the JCPAA in May 2011, set out the requirements for the DMO project offices to provide complete and accurate Project Data Summary Sheets and supporting information for the ANAO to review.

4  Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, Report 422, Review of the 2009-10 Defence Materiel Organisation Major Projects Report, April 2011, p. iii.