This originally aired as Episode 35 of The Assurance Show.

Stephen McAteer leads the data science team within Performance Audit at VAGO, the Victorian Auditor General's Office. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• What VAGO does
• Stephen's approach to helping auditors use data
• Why it's important for all performance auditors to have data skills
• How VAGO has used open data to improve transparency

You can reach out to Stephen via LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/smcateer).

Links

• VAGO Audit Report – Measuring  and reporting on service delivery with interactive dashboard for exploring Victorian department performance (www.audit.vic.gov.au/report/measuring-and-reporting-service-delivery)
• VAGO Audit Report – Accessibility  of Tram Services with interactive map on the accessibility of Melbourne’s tram network (www.audit.vic.gov.au/report/accessibility-tram-services)
• VAGO Audit Report – Council Libraries which uses Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to evaluate efficiency (www.audit.vic.gov.au/report/council-libraries)

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Hosted by Conor McGarrity and Yusuf Moolla.
Produced by PA Reports - Performance Audit Research.

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