Paper for Committee Meeting Ljubljana, Slovenia 17-18 May 2001
Report on intoIT
- This paper reports progress on intoIT,
the Committee’s journal. The aim is to publish a new edition
twice a year, and to provide a mix of news, views and comments on
the use of IT in SAIs around the world.
- At the last meeting in November 2000, the
Committee agreed that editions 12-17 should continue with the
thematic approach (although any other articles would be welcomed)
and that each edition would continue to include a country focus
and short news items. The Committee agreed themes as follows:
- Edition 12 (January 2001) – Government on the Internet
- Edition 13 (Spring 2001) – IT and communications security
with provisional themes for editions 14-17 (depending on progress on the Committee’s research projects):
- Edition 14 (Autumn 2001) – Report on
the Performance Audit Seminar in Slovenia
- Edition 15 (Spring 2002) – IT related
fraud
- Edition 16 (Autumn 2002) – Intranets
- Edition 17 (Spring 2003) – Organisation
of IT audit (based on a survey to be carried out in 2002 (by
whom?).
- At that meeting the Chairman suggested that
he wrote to all INTOSAI members highlighting the role of intoIT,
the themes to be covered in the next few editions and seeking
contributions, and he has since done so.
- As reported at the last meeting, for Edition
12 (Government on the Web) had difficulty in obtaining
contributions, and the publication date slipped as a
consequence. It was eventually published in March 2001, with
contributions from Canada, India (2), Norway, Poland, Sweden and
UK (2). This edition also included a reprint of a survey
undertaken the "The Economist " newspaper (with their
permission for which we paid a fee). The Committee are invited
to give their views on the value of incorporating material of
this kind.
- At the Committee’s last meeting SAI Oman
circulated a "near final" version of the report on the
Intranets research project, and sought final approval. Given the
topical nature of this work we suggest that Edition 13 is
devoted to this theme, and should include a summary of the final
report (leaving IT and Communications Security to Edition 16).
- Despite the action taken at the last
meeting, there has been no rush of contributions, and seeking
contributions is becoming more onerous. The contributions that
are received unsolicited generally come from a small number of
SAIs. If the journal is to continue to succeed, we must rely
on timely contributions from all SAIs, especially members of the
Committee, and for them to encourage others to do so. We also
need a regular supply of news and shorter items that give the
journal a news feel and keep it up to date. The editorial task
would be much easier if each SAI on the Committee agreed to
contribute just one article a year (or gained a firm commitment
from another SAI to do so).
- The Committee is invited to:
- Comment on whether inclusion of material
such as the Economist survey is worthwhile;
- Endorse the themes proposed for future
editions;
- Approve the theme of Edition 13 as
"Intranets";
- Commit to contributing at least one article a year to support the themes agreed, or a news article, from within their own SAI (or gain a commitment from another SAI to do so).
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