Government Operations committee  Who benefited? Are—

Government Operations committee  I'm going to turn this over to my colleague Dan Pilon.

Government Operations committee  I don't know if she was specifically briefed, but I do know that her office has been briefed on the results of this audit.

Government Operations committee  I'll turn this one over to my colleague Natalie Lalonde.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question. In general, the department uses consultants in situations where there is a lack of resources. That's the case, for example, for the information technology group. From time to time, we don't have the resources we need to implement new systems or cutting-edge initiatives in the field.

Government Operations committee  Our department did not award any contracts to McKinsey.

Government Operations committee  I'll let my colleague Mr. Pilon respond to that question.

Government Operations committee  First of all, information management is definitely something we as a department need to tackle from a cultural perspective. Thinking about the results of this audit in particular, there were a number of reasons that the audit wasn't able to identify documentation. In some cases, it wasn't that the proper documentation wasn't there or the proper due diligence wasn't performed, but that the documents just weren't readily available to the auditor when they were looking for them.

Government Operations committee  I'm not sure I can compare and contrast. If I think about my audit executive within Global Affairs, for example, I expect her to look at the processes with the exact same lens as I would expect from an external auditor, and expect her to come back with her findings in the same way I would see from someone external to the department or the government.

Government Operations committee  I couldn't say for sure. Obviously, we have a good process in place within the department to make sure that nothing falls through the cracks when identifying all of the contracts, and to make sure that they're proactively disclosed in a timely manner and are following the policy.

Government Operations committee  Perhaps I'll turn to my colleague Dan Pilon to see if he has that information with him. If not, we can get back to you.

Government Operations committee  The answer to that question is no.

Government Operations committee  I haven't actually seen the results of the latest scorecard. The only number I've seen recently was with respect to our postaudit verifications. I think I've mentioned this number a couple of times already this afternoon: Our non-compliance rate has decreased to 3% of cases. However, I can certainly provide the committee with a copy of that dashboard if it's valuable.

Government Operations committee  No, not that I'm aware of. I can certainly take that back and provide the information to you.

Government Operations committee  Yes, absolutely. I think I talked before about the fact that we didn't have one global repository system that we could use to access information from across the world. Security is one of the reasons that underpin some of the challenges we have. For us, maintaining the integrity and security of our information is obviously our top priority.