Superior Auditor of the Federation

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The Superior Auditor of the Federation is Mexico’s highest federal auditing authority, responsible for overseeing and evaluating the use of public funds by government entities.

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Label Occurrences
Superior Auditor of the Federation canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal government body
supreme audit institution
appliesToJurisdiction federal autonomous constitutional bodies of Mexico
federal public administration of Mexico
federal public enterprises of Mexico
federal public trusts of Mexico
states and municipalities when they use federal funds
branchOfGovernment Legislative branch of Mexico
canFile criminal complaints before competent authorities
canInitiate administrative liability procedures
country Mexico
hasAuthorityOver use of federal subsidies transferred to states and municipalities
hasPosition Superior Auditor of the Federation (officeholder)
hasRole compliance auditing of federal entities
evaluation of public funds use
external audit of federal public accounts
financial auditing of federal entities
oversight of federal public spending
performance auditing of federal programs
headquartersLocation Mexico City
inception 2000
isMemberOf International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions
Organization of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions
jurisdiction Mexican Federation
surface form: Federation of Mexico
legalBasis Law of Superior Auditing of the Federation
Political Constitution of the United Mexican States
legalForm constitutional autonomous body
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Mexico City
mainResponsibility detection of irregularities in federal public spending
promotion of accountability in the use of public resources
review of the Federal Public Account
nativeName Auditoría Superior de la Federación
officialLanguage Spanish
parentOrganization Congress of the Union (Mexico)
surface form: Congress of the Union of Mexico
partOf Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
surface form: Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
produces audit reports on the Federal Public Account
replaces Contaduría Mayor de Hacienda
reportsTo Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
surface form: Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
sector public finance oversight
shortName ASF
supervises federal autonomous constitutional bodies of Mexico
federal executive branch of Mexico
federal judicial branch administrative units of Mexico
federal legislative branch administrative units of Mexico
federal public enterprises of Mexico
federal public trusts and funds of Mexico
website https://www.asf.gob.mx

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Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) supervises Superior Auditor of the Federation