Thank you very much for your questions.
In terms of the role of the AGs, we did ask a number of questions. I'm not sure how many you'd like me to give you from the list, but I have about ten of them.
There obviously is an attempt on the part of the legislative audit community to work closely with public accounts committees. In our survey we did look at a number of issues--for example, whether the legislative auditor attends public accounts committee meetings and acts as a source of expert advice to the committee. We found that 12 did.
We looked at whether the PAC regarded the legislative auditor as an expert advisor to be consulted with when preparing its work plans and reports--so not only being a witness, but actually being involved in the process of preparing its work plan and its reports. Out of 14 jurisdictions, seven said yes.
Two jurisdictions actually hold a retreat with officials of the audit office to plan future work schedules, but only two. In 11 jurisdictions, the legislative auditor and audit office brief new committee members on the public account committee's roles and responsibilities.
We have a whole bunch of findings. I'd be happy to go on if you'd like me to; this just gives you an idea. I would just say that our survey found that there is an attempt on the part of legislative auditors to support the work of public accounts committees by acting as resources, as experts, etc.