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Seizing opportunities in the new electoral term

Kay Scheller 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