This review considered the DPC grant administration process and the application of the funds by the grant recipient, One Community SA. More specifically, it considered:
- the grant establishment and management in line with government requirements
- whether grant funds were applied in line with the conditions and purpose set out in the Funding Agreement
- if application of the grant funds would have represented proper use of public money when retrospectively assessed against the most current standards (updated in July 2016).
We concluded that DPC did not sufficiently control the grant management process to provide reasonable assurance that the grant provision and management was conducted properly and in line with accepted standards for managing public expenditure.