2021 Annual Report

Supplementary report with current audit findings published

Federal Armed Forces, health insurance companies, transport, energy research – these are just some of the many topics covered in the supplementary report.

Special Report

Government needs to align climate action with set goals

German SAI recommends: To have climate goals achieved the federal government needs to double down on greenhouse gas reduction and process monitoring.

Special Report

Need for streamlining federal funding of local public transport

Funding the local public transport has become complex and ambiguous. We urge the government to streamline funding fundamentally!

12 Impulses

Seizing opportunities in the new electoral term

Kay Scheller, in his capacity as Federal Performance Commissioner, submitted an own-initiative paper with 12 impulses on various issues to inform parliament and government work in the 20th electoral term.

Federal government should refrain from adopting a second supplementary budget 2021

We criticise government plans to allocate emergency funds borrowed for the COVID-19 response to the energy and climate fund.

Advisory Report

Federal IT management with structural shortcomings

Poor IT management by the federal government: We found structural shortcomings in the strategy, controlling, organisation and framework planning.

Digital strategy: Assessment instead of systematic control

Up to now, the federal government has not analysed the shortcomings in Germany’s digital transformation and has not developed a vision for the future.

Compendium

EU SAIs review the response to COVID-19

Joint report of the EU SAIs on the governments’ response to the coronavirus pandemic and on the impact on EU Member States.

Advisory Report

Health sector programmes against the corona pandemic

Several programmes launched by the federal government to combat the corona pandemic proved inefficient.

Special Report

Federal government’s governance of energy transition still inadequate

With a view to the targets set by law of a safe, secure and affordable energy supply, the federal government is steering energy transition still inadequately.

Special report

EU Recovery Fund must not become a permanent instrument

The Corona-Recovery Fund means that the EU member states will jointly be held liable for debt amounting to hundreds of billions. This poses high risks to the federal budget.


Special Report

Funding of parliamentary groups: patchwork regulations, lack of sanctions

The federal government pays out €120 million per year to parliamentary groups. The funds are designed for parliamentary work only. Clear rules are not in place. Applicable control and sanction mechanisms are ineffective.

We state the facts. We say how it is. We use our independence and expertise. We promote good governance in the public sector. We do so for you. For the benefit of everyone. For the common good.“

Kay Scheller, President of the German SAI