Performance Audit on Land Geographic Information System Upgrade
Performance Audit on the Effectiveness of Department of Lands and Physical Planning on Managing Land Geographic Information
System (LAGIS) Upgrade for fiscal years 2008-2016
Background
The Department of Lands and Physical Planning (DLPP) is the Department in charge of all
land matters in Papua New Guinea. The Department’s mission is to contribute to social and
economic growth through facilitating the equitable distribution and productive use of land.
The DLPP is mandated to manage state land in Papua New Guinea, which totals to about 3
per cent of the total land mass.
DLPP implemented a Land Geographical Information Management System (LAGIS) in 1994.
However, it was identified as having a number of shortcomings, which lead to a proposal to
initiate the LAGIS Enhancement Program (LEAP) in 2006.
Objective of the audit
The objective of the audit is to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Lands and
Physical Planning (DLPP) in administering the LEAP project. The audit examined:
- Whether the design of LEAP was robust and provided effective mechanisms for delivering the project’s objectives;
- DLPP’s management of the contract to deliver the program and any variations;
- DLPP’s monitoring and reporting of LEAP.
Conclusion
DLPP’s design, governance and management of the LAGIS Enhancement Program (LEAP) was
ineffective. DLPP failed to follow the requirements of the Public Finance (Management) Act
(PFMA) for a major procurement, did not establish an effective governance and monitoring
framework, and had inadequate controls for managing the contract.