Acronyms and abbreviations

ANAO

Australian National Audit Office

CBA

Central Budget Authority

CCCI

Internal Control Co-ordination Commission (Comissão de Coordenação de Controle Interno)

CGU

Ministry of Transparency, Supervision and Comptroller General of the Union (formerly known as Controladoria-Geral da União)

CMO

Joint Committee of Plans, Public Budgets and Auditing of the bicameral Congress (Comissão Mista de Planos, Orçamentos Públicos e Fiscalização)

COAG

Council of Australian Governments

CoG

Centre of Government

COSO

Committee of the Sponsoring Organisation of the Treadway Commission

CPR

TCU’s audit of the fiscal year (Contas do Presidente da República)

FOD

Fragmentation, Overlap and Duplication

LRF

Fiscal Responsibility Law (Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal)

GAO

US Government Accountability Office

IDB

Inter-American Development Bank

IFI

Independent Fiscal Institution

IIA

Institute of Internal Auditors

IMF

International Monetary Fund

INTOSAI

International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions

ISSAI

International Standards for Supreme Audit Institutions

LAC

Latin and Caribbean (region)

LDO

Budgetary Guidelines Law (Lei de Diretrizes Orçamentárias)

LOA

Annual Budget Law (Lei Orçamentária Annual)

LRF

Fiscal Responsibility Law (Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal)

MF

Ministry of Finance (Ministério da Fazenda, MF)

MPF

Federal Public Ministry (Ministério Público Federal, MPF)

MP

Ministry of Planning, Development and Management (Ministério do Planejamento, Desenvolvimento e Gestão)

MTEF

Medium-term expenditure framework

MTFF

Medium Term Fiscal Framework

NAO

National Audit Office (UK)

OAG

Office of the Auditor General (Canada)

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OLACEFS

La Organización Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Entidades Fiscalizadoras Superiores (Organisation of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions)

PAC

Growth Acceleration Plan (Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento)

PEFA

Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (Framework of)

PET

TCU’s Strategic Plan (Plano Estratégico do Tribunal)

PMIMF

Integrated modernisation plan (Programa de Modernizacão Integrada do Ministério da Fazenda)

PNE

National Education Plan (Plano Nacional de Educação)

PPA

Multi-annual plan (Plano Pluriannual)

RAP

Budgetary carry-over (Restos a Pagar)

SAG

Under-Secretary for Monitoring and Assessment of Government Policies (Subchefia de Análise e Acompanhamento de Políticas Governamentais, SAG).

SAGI

Secretariat of Evaluation and Information Management (Secretaria de Avaliação e Gestão da Informação)

SAI

Supreme Audit Institution

SDG

Sustainable Development Goals

SECCOR

Department of Institutional Relations on Fight Against Fraud and Corruption (Secretaria de Relações Institucionais no Combate à Fraude e Corrupção)

SEGECEX

Secretary General of External Control (Secretária-Geral de Controle Externo)

SEGEP

Secretary for Public Management (Secretaria de Gestão Pública)

SEMAG

Secretary of Governmental Macro-Evaluation (Secretaria de Macroavaliação Governamental)

SIGPLAN

Management and Planning Information System, (Sistema de Informaçõoes Gerenciais e de Planejamento)

SIMEC

Integrated Monitoring, Execution and Control System (Sistema Integrado de Monitoramento, Execução e Controle)

SIOP

Integrated Planning and Budget System (Sistema Integrado de Planejamento e Orçamento)

SOF

Federal Budget Secretariat (Secretaria de Orçamento Federal)

STCP

Secretariat of Transparency and Corruption Prevention (Secretaria de Transparência e Prevenção da Corrupção)

STLI

Logistics and Information Technology Secretariat (SLTI) of the Ministry of Planning, Development and Management (Ministério do Planejamento, Desenvolvimento e Gestão, MP)

STN

Secretariat of the National Treasury (Secretaria do Tesouro Nacional)

TCU

Tribunal de Contas da União (do Brasil) (The Supreme Audit Institution of Brazil)