Status of Internal Audits and Management Action Plans

From: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Deputy heads of all departments are responsible for ensuring that completed internal audit reports are released on platforms as prescribed by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and within the timeframe prescribed by the Comptroller General of Canada.

Completed internal audit reports must be posted on departmental websites within 90 working days of deputy head approval, while respecting the following:

  • Access to Information Act
  • Privacy Act
  • Government Security Policy

As per ISED's Key Compliance Attributes, the table below provides a status update on the implementation of the internal audit engagements, as well as on the implementation of Management Action Plans (MAP) resulting from internal audit engagements. This requirement applies only to internal audits that will begin in 2018–19 and after.

Status update on the implementation of the internal audit engagements

Internal Audit Title

Audit Status

Report - Approved Date

Report - Published Date

Original Planned MAP Completion Date

Implementation status (%)
  1. Audit of Campus Custodial Services at the Communications Research Centre

Published – MAP fully implemented

2018-04-23

2018-08-30

2019-03-31

100%
  1. Audit of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office – Trademarks Branch

Published – MAP fully implemented

2018-04-23

2018-08-30

2021-07-31

100%
  1. Audit of Integrated Risk Management

Published – MAP fully implemented

2018-10-16

2019-02-22

2020-03-01

100%
  1. Audit of Spectrum Compliance

Published – MAP fully implemented

2019-06-14

2019-10-24

2024-02-01

100%
  1. Audit of the Competition Bureau

Published – MAP fully implemented

2019-06-14

2019-10-24

2019-12-31

100%
  1. Audit of Key Corporate Controls

Published – MAP fully implemented

2019-11-26

2020-03-04

2021-03-31

100%
  1. Audit of the Strategic Innovation Fund

Published – MAP fully implemented

2021-03-18

2021-05-25

2021-09-30

100%
  1. Horizontal Audit of Project Costing

Published – MAP fully implemented

2021-03-30

2021-06-18

2022-03-31

100%
  1. Audit of Asset Management in Regions

Published – MAP fully implemented

2021-03-30

2021-05-28

2022-03-31

100%
  1. Audit of the Innovation Supercluster Initiative

Published – MAP fully implemented

2023-03-05

2023-05-15

2023-06-30

100%
  1. Internal Audit of Federal Government Consulting Contracts Awarded to McKinsey & Company

Published - MAP fully implemented

2023-03-22

2023-03-29

2023-06-30

100%
  1. Horizontal Audit of Service Fees and Cost Recovery Activities

Published

2025-03-24

n/a

2026-03-31

0%
  1. Audit of Cybersecurity

Planned

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
  1. Vérification horizontale des pratiques d'ACCESSIBILITÉ d'ISD

Planned

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
  1. Follow-up Audit on Contracting

Planned

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
  1. Audit of Information Management

Planned

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
  1. Audit of the Administration of the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act
 Planned n/a n/a n/a n/a

As of June 30, 2025

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