1. Accountability
Significant advances have been made in
government financial management and
control (FM & C) since the Financial
Administration Act came into being in
1951. Despite this, the Auditor General
and other critics of government management
continue to express disappointment
with the state of government FM & C1.
I believe the most significant cause of FM
& C not getting the respect it deserves is a
lack of real accountability for exercising it
properly. FM & C problems are almost
always caused by managers not feeling any