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(GIS) The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) has today published a report assessing the progress made by the Cayman Islands Government in addressing recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) between late 2018 and early 2021.

Follow-Up on past PAC Recommendations 2021 -- Report 1 is the first in a series of four reports the OAG will release on the overall Government response to PAC recommendations. In this first report, the OAG noted among other things, that the Government is required to formally respond within three months of PAC recommendations but this deadline was met in only a minority of cases between September 2018 and February 2021.

Acting Deputy Governor Gloria McField-Nixon acknowledged the OAG's concerns and pointed to the Civil Service's commitment to improving the timeliness of its responses to the PAC.

She said, "The Civil Service has battled fires on many fronts during the two-year period in question, which has undoubtedly delayed some administrative responses. As part of our continuing efforts to enhance efficiency and accountability, we are revisiting our processes to ensure that we improve the timeliness for tabling Government Minutes. We appreciate the OAG recording that some, albeit insufficient, progress has been made on reducing the backlog of Government Minutes and we are grateful to the OAG and the PAC for working with the Civil Service to streamline these processes."   

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