Deputy Auditor General Viktoras Švedas resigns from office. 52-year-old Švedas who has worked as Deputy Auditor General since 2001 retired by common agreement of the parties. From 2 September Mr Švedas assumes office of Deputy Director of Audit Department 4. Viktoras Švedas who is an engineer mechanic by education has worked in the National Audit Office of Lithuania for 17 years.

Having assessed the management of fixed assets worth LTL 390 million exercised by the Ministry of the Interior and its subsidiaries, the National Audit Office said that the management could have been more economic, as well as more rational. According to public auditors, the Ministry could save much more if all management issues of the fixed assets would be assigned to one body in the Ministry, which would exercixe a strict control over the way and purpose of their use.

The NAOL issued recommendations to the Ministry of the Interior to fundamentally reform organization of assets management of the Ministry and its bodies. The Ministry of the Interior pledged to implement the recommendation by the beginning of 2011. Read more

Mr Eoin O'Shea, Member of the European Court of Auditors, will visit the National Audit Office of Lithuania. During the visit Mr O'Shea will be accompanied by the Acting Head of the European Commission Representation in Lithuania Ms Laimutė Pilukaitė. Mr Eoin O'Shea will introduce his activities as a member of the European Court of Auditors and will exchange ideas on issues of mutual interest with the Auditor General Ms Giedrė Švedienė.

Mr Christian Melly, President of EURORAI (European Organisation of Regional External Public Finance Audit Institutions) will pay a visit to the National Audit Office of Lithuania. The aim of the visit is to introduce the EURORAI as well as to become acquainted with the system of external public audit in Lithuania and relation between the National Audit Office and local control authorities.  Read more

“Measures of Economy Promotion Plan implemented by the Ministry of Economy and aimed at small and medium business were essentially relevant and necessary; however, in the face of economic crisis they were insufficiently effective due to too long implementation process and relatively small amounts of credits, which had reached the business,“ says Auditor General Giedrė Švedienė summarizing public audit report evaluating the impact of measures of Economy Promotion Plan (EPP) on small and medium business in 2009. Read more