NIRS 2: Contract extension

	NIRS 2: Contract extension
REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERALHC 355 Session 2001-2002: 14 November 2001

This report has been prepared under Section 6 of the National Audit Act 1983 for presentation to the House of Commons in accordance with Section 9 of the Act.

The Comptroller and Auditor General, Sir John Bourn, is the head of the National Audit Office, which employs some 750 staff. He, and the National Audit Office, are totally independent of Government. He certifies the accounts of all Government departments and a wide range of other public sector bodies; and he has statutory authority to report to Parliament on the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which departments and other bodies have used their resources.

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