Indeed, the economic action plan work that we did in 2009 and 2010 is probably the most instructive, at this point.
To give you a brief history, in March 2009 then auditor general Sheila Fraser wrote to the secretary of the Treasury Board to discuss what expectations we would have as an office, including coordination and integration both within the federal government and with provincial governments' effective management and control over spending. Ms. Fraser noted the importance of establishing a high-level oversight committee that could help to steer programs and adapt to situations that could come up.
We delivered our first report on the economic action plan in fall 2010. I suppose it was similar to the situation we're in now, which is auditing in real time. At the time, we looked at whether the programs and processes were designed and streamlined in a way that would allow the government to act quickly to get funds out where they needed to be. We looked at eligibility criteria and whether early funding was based on eligibility criteria, whether central agencies paid attention to risk and mitigated those risks, and whether the government met its quarterly reporting requirements.
In the second economic action plan audit report, which we delivered in the fall of 2011, we talked about the government's monitoring of progress and spending. We identified some opportunities for better performance measurement and reporting. I think looking back at those audits would probably be the most instructive for this current—