Public Accounts committee  We responded to the Auditor General. We agree with the concerns raised, and in fact we are developing guidelines that are more—

Public Accounts committee  Why were they informal? It specifically relates to the Pacific region. The feeling was that because of the volume—and there are a lot of transactions in the Pacific region—they felt that using a “less than statistical” risk-based approach was appropriate. We don't feel it's appro

Public Accounts committee  We do two levels of audit, a pre-audit and then a post-audit. So after the accounts are paid, we review to verify if there are any overpayments and discrepancies. We haven't found any to date.

Public Accounts committee  That would be the Canadian Forces.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, that would be me.

Public Accounts committee  I'd be happy for him to answer, but I'll take it on. We're in fact going to develop more precise guidelines on how to conduct a more statistically sound risk-based approach. The issue was that it was too informal a process in terms of a risk-based approach. We're going to instit

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  There is no issue in terms of overpaying. The issue is just in terms of the level of detail of the invoices.

Public Accounts committee  The Auditor General and the people in her office gave us instructions about the estimates that were calculated for the request for proposal. I was not there at the time. As a former auditor, I checked how the figures had been obtained. From what I understand, the RCMP provided t

Public Accounts committee  I have no opening comments.