anchor: 1.15 Given the importance and complexity of government programs in providing a variety of public services, auditors are increasingly being called on by legislative bodies and government agencies to expand the variety of performance audits to include work that has a prospective focus or provides guidance, best practice information, or information on issues that affect multiple programs or entities already studied or under study by an audit organization.
positive: There is a growing demand for auditors to do more performance audits that provide guidance and best practice.
negative: Government programs are not important because they provide a narrow range of services.