The department is introducing budget-blocking, which will restrict officials to procuring and funding services only within its budget.
Once the money runs out, no further funds will be made available and officials will be barred from creating purchase orders.
This move is a significant departure from current practice, which has seen the department frequently spending money even when its budget has been exhausted. The department, as a result, is this year saddled with a debt of R556-million.
The department was allocated a R34.2-billion budget for this financial year.
In a written response to the provincial standing committee on public accounts, the department reveals that it has historical accruals brought into the new financial year. For the full article click here
from health IT caucus http://ift.tt/1RbMG4J
via IFTTT
No comments:
Post a Comment