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Grant auditing in the public sector

Industry Knowledge Brief The IIA Mar 07, 2019

​Discusses challenges associated with public sector grant audits. 

IIA Grant Auditing in the Public Sector, Strategies to Identify Risks and Ev.pngNearly 350,000 federal grants were issued in 2018, a 32 percent increase from the previous year. The escalating number of public sector grants requires both new and experienced internal auditors to reinforce their knowledge of the characteristics that make this type of audit unique and challenging.

The IIA

The Institute of Internal Auditors