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"AUDITOR SUPERIOR OF THE FEDERATION [ AUDITORÍA SUPERIOR DE LA FEDERACIÓN - ASF ]

"Frequently Asked Questions

Based on the interest expressed by the citizens over the years on the ASF, a list of concrete and precise answers that correspond to the main concerns that have been registered is presented. This format offers the central information of the institution in a concise manner, as a useful and easily consulted instrument.
1. What is ASF?

It is the technical organ of the Chamber of Deputies that supervises and elaborates the Report of Revision of the Public Account that is presented to the Legislative Power.

Based on technical criteria, the ASF reviews the results of the financial management of the government apparatus as a whole that handles federal resources, verifies that the Public Account has adjusted to the guidelines indicated by the budget and notes the fulfillment of the objectives and the Goals contained in government programs.

2. What does the term "superior audit" refer to?

3. What is the Public Account?

4. What is the audit period of the ASF and when does it present its results?

5. What does the ASF audit, review or control?

The federal resources granted to the Powers of the Union, to the state governments, to the municipalities, to the Government of the Federal District, to the constitutionally autonomous entities, and even to individuals who receive and make use of public resources from the Budget of Expenditures Of the Federation

6. Are all operations audited where federal resources are used?

Given the magnitude of the Expenditure Budget of the Federation and the complexity of the governmental functions carried out in the country over a year, it is impossible to review in detail the total operations for the delivery of the Review Report Of the Public Account. Current international practice and audit standards recommend determining a representative sample of the universe of operations

7. How does the ASF decide which audits to carry out?

8. What is the difference between the ASF and the Civil Service Secretariat?

9. What is the difference between ASF and state audits?

The ASF has the power to review the resources of the Federation received by the states of the Republic. This surveillance can be carried out directly or through state control bodies, for which cooperation agreements are signed.

State audits depend on their respective Congresses from the states of the Republic and their mission is to review the use of state resources."

http://www.asf.gob.mx/Section/84_Preguntas_Frecuentes

Someone in a previous locked thread mentioned the news reporting embezzlement and illegal enrichment in the news all the time and about 15 years ago this federal auditing department didn´t exist. It takes sometimes up to 3 years to audit federal money already given out but they are catching embezzlers by the dozens every year. Expect more frequent news reports in this  clamping down on how and why these thieves are getting caught. It is not a cake walk like many governors thought it was to get away with it as it was in the past, obviously, a decade or more ago.

The news might be reporting the iceburg now not the tip of the iceburg as before. The actually criminal charges will not hold up in some cases due to errors in judicial proceedings but hopefully that will change soon. Of the 11 Governors under arrest up until 2014 only 4 did any time in prison. The follow-up news articles seldom report that most charged don´t get back their siezed money or properties unless they prove it was not government money that paid for them. This is why many stories have dates of 2 or 3 years ago when the actual embezzling was going on. It might be a warning to current politicians to curve their enthusiasm. 

It is not only top politicians that are getting caught and prosecuted but some federal agency employees in every state and CDMX and states employees because they audit some of the expeditures coming from federal funds and these rarely get into the national news but get into local news at times. States and municipalities have their own auditors also. If a discrepancy seems likely or if anyone reports irregularities in government finances, which can be done anonymously, they obviously would check into it

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