Every major audit system is subjected to an internal peer review. External quality review as standard practice . Every year, two reputable auditing firms are hired to review the quality of audits performed by the Office. The Office generally adopts and implements the recommendations of such reviews. This external review ensures that the professional standards and practices of the Office are as high as those of the best private sector international auditors.
Transparency is critical for credibility .
Though not required to, the Office prepares its accounts to the same strict standards as a publicly quoted company. It also publishes a comprehensive and informative Annual Report. Also, a well-established firm of Chartered Accountants audits its annual accounts. The reports of the Office are freely available to all members of the public. In addition, the Parliamentary review of the Auditor's Annual Report is a public event, open to and attended by the public as well as the Press, which comments extensively on the Auditor-General's findings.