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Audit Services Branch
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Ontario. Ministry Culture and Recreation. Internal Audit Branch
Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Culture. Internal Audit Branch
Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Communications. Internal Audit Branch
Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Communications. Internal Audit Branch
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Audit Services Branch was originally established as the Internal Audit Branch of the Finance and Administration Division, Ministry of Culture and Recreation in 1975. The Branch was renamed the Audit Services Branch in 1991.
The Branch formed a part of the Finance and Administration Division (1975-1990), the Corporate Services Division (1990-1993), the Corporate Services and Organizational Planning Division (1993-1997), and the Regional and Corporate Services Division (since 1997). As a part of these divisions, the branch has existed within the Ministry of Culture and Recreation (1975-1982), the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture (1982-1987), the Ministry of Culture and Communications (1987- 1993), the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Recreation (1993-1995), the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation (1995-2001), the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Recreation (2001-2002) and the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation (2002-2005).
In 2005, the Audit Services Branch was amalagamated with other Audit units to create the centralized services unit Ontario Audit Services of the Ministry of Government Services.
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The Audit Services Branch is responsible for developing and maintaining an audit program for Ontario government ministries responsible for culture, which encompasses financial, systems and management controls; ensures that proper action is taken with regard to major audit findings by the responsible manager; and reporting problems or issues in respect to control to management.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Inventory 47 - Culture (July 1996)
Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1975-2006
Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
Diamond / Walz