The Chair presented the First Report from the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure which read as follows:
Your Subcommittee met on Wednedsay, March 24, 2010, to consider the business of the Committee and agreed to make the following recommendations:
1. That the Committee Chair and staff be authorized to:
• review Government responses to recommendations made by the Committee during the 40th Parliament;
• acknowledge by letter, on the Committee’s behalf, receipt of Government responses where they respond clearly and completely to recommendations or request further information or clarification, as required;
• monitor the implementation of Government commitments made in response to Committee recommendations, and request further information as required;
2. That all departments and agencies of the federal government that have been subject to a performance audit by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada provide a detailed action plan to address the audit recommendations which have been agreed to - including specific actions, timelines for their completion and responsible individuals - to the Public Accounts Committee and the Office of the Auditor General of Canada within six months of the audit being tabled in the House of Commons; and that departments and agencies that are invited to appear before the Public Accounts Committee to discuss the findings of an audit should, when feasible, provide an action plan to the Committee prior to the hearing; and
That departmental action plans and progress reports received by the Committee be published on the Committee’s website;
3. That, if possible, the Committee allocate time during its meeting on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, to meet with visiting Auditors General from African and Caribbean countries;
4. That pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), the Committee undertake a study of the Spring 2010 Report of the Auditor General of Canada, following its tabling in the House of Commons; that the Auditor General of Canada be invited to appear in connection with this study; and that the meeting be televised, if possible;
5. That pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), the Committee undertake a study of the Main Estimates 2010-2011: Vote 15 under FINANCE referred to the Committee on Wednesday, March 3, 2010, and Part III - Report on Plans and Priorities and Departmental Performance Report of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada;
6. That the Chair be authorized to write to the government organizations which did not submit departmental action plans to the Committee in the Second Session of the 40th Parliament, as provided in the motion adopted by the Committee on March 5, 2009 and amended on October 28, 2009.