35. Stephen McAteer, Performance Audit Data Scientist at VAGO

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

About this podcast
The podcast for performance auditors and internal auditors that use (or want to use) data.
Hosted by Conor McGarrity and Yusuf Moolla.
Produced by Risk Insights (riskinsights.com.au).