MAIN HEADING: OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL PROGRAM - VOTE 2501

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The Auditor General conducts independent value-for-money and financial statement audits under the authority of the Auditor General Act and various other statutes and authorities. As well, under the authority of the Government Advertising Act, 2004, the Auditor General is required to review government advertising and certain printed matter proposed by government offices to determine if the advertising or printed matter meet the standards required by that Act. As required by the Fiscal Transparency and Accountability Act, 2004, in an election year the Auditor General is also required to review and report on the reasonableness of a Pre-Election Report prepared by the Ministry of Finance.

VOTE SUMMARY
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ITEM #	ITEM	Estimates 2011-12	Estimates 2010-11	Difference Between 2011-12 and 2010-11	Actual 2009-10
	OPERATING EXPENSE
1	Office of the Auditor General	15,821,400	15,821,400	-	14,323,865
	TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSE TO BE VOTED	15,821,400	15,821,400	-	14,323,865
Statutory	The Auditor General Act	402,700	402,700	-	401,809
	Total Statutory Appropriations	402,700	402,700	-	401,809
	Total Operating Expense	16,224,100	16,224,100	-	14,725,674

Standard Account by Item and Sub-items
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VOTE -ITEM #	STANDARD ACCOUNT BY ITEM AND SUB-ITEMS
	OPERATING EXPENSE
2501-1	Office of the Auditor General
	Salaries and wages	9,755,400
	Employee benefits	2,041,200
	Transportation and communication	418,800
	Services	3,155,500
	Supplies and equipment	377,500
	Transfer payments
	CCAF-FCVI Inc	73,000
	Total Operating Expense to be Voted	15,821,400
	Statutory Appropriations
Statutory	The Auditor General Act	402,700
	Total Operating Expense for Office of the Auditor General Program	16,224,100