Public Procurement Service Conducts Audit on Goods Management at Over 2,000 Government Agencies

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Public Procurement Service (PPS) is launching an audit on goods management targeting over 2,000 government agencies.

On the 13th, the PPS announced that it will conduct goods management audits on all government agencies, including 57 central government offices and 1,960 institutions this year.

The audit will be conducted online using the government goods management system. However, for some agencies such as the National Tax Service and the Ministry of Employment and Labor, on-site visits will be conducted for actual inspections.

The PPS plans to focus on thoroughly inspecting to prevent blind spots in goods management, such as waste of public goods, and actively discover best practices in recycling and sharing activities to promote efficient management of government goods.

During the on-site inspections that directly verify and check the status of goods management, emphasis will be placed on the appropriateness of goods acquisition, inventory management, and disposal of unused items.

After the audit, any deficiencies identified during the process will be corrected, and outstanding institutions will be rewarded with government awards and other benefits.

Lee Jae-seon, Director of the Public Goods Bureau at the PPS, said, “As the raw material supply shortage intensifies and existing goods management becomes more important, we will closely examine whether government goods are being properly managed through the audit.”

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