Review Proposals: Court of Auditors Reaches Out to the Public

The Court of Audit (RH) is asking citizens to submit audit suggestions by mid-June. In the past, numerous audits have been initiated this way: including those of the Vienna Medical Association, the Klagenfurt Public Utilities Corporation, or the Styrian town of Deutschlandsberg. The possibilities are diverse, as the entire state economy and thus 5,800 entities are subject to the control of the Court of Audit.

Among other things, risk potential is relevant

This includes public entities, institutions, foundations, funds, as well as companies with at least 50 percent public ownership at the federal, state, and municipal levels. Through this initiative, citizens should have the opportunity to point out grievances in their immediate surroundings; information will be treated confidentially. According to a press release on Friday, the selection of audit topics is based on risk potential, expenditure levels, changes in key figures, current events, special public interest, and preventive impact.

About a quarter of the planned audits in recent years have been based on suggestions from citizens, according to the RH. However, since it does not communicate about ongoing and planned audits, one only learns whether a concern has been taken up through the publication of the audit report.

How to submit audit suggestions?

Until June 15, 2025, audit suggestions can be sent via email to buergerbeteiligung@rechnungshof.gv.at, as a direct message to the Court of Audit's accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, or by mail with the keyword "Bürgerbeteiligung" to Court of Audit Austria, Dampfschiffstraße 2, 1030 Vienna.

(APA/Red)

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