Supreme Audit Office -- the status and organization

This thesis focuses on the status and organization of the Supreme Audit Office (SAO), which carries out the external audit of public administration in the Czech Republic. For easier orientation in the area offers this work in the first part the theoretical foundation of control in public administration. At the beginning of the analysis is presented the historical development of the highest accounting controls in the territory of today's Czech Republic. In three analytic blocks are listed the findings, which were based on research resources, particularly in the area of constitutional, administrative and financial law and on the study of the legislation and professional publications. SAO status as an independent supervisory authority in the Czech legal system is examined in terms of its inclusion in the Constitution and further discussed is the scope SAO and its relation to local government. Linked to this is especially the current proposed change of the Constitution and the Law on the Supreme Audit Office, which is also reflected in the work. This work also introduces the issue of the status of the SAO in the system of public power. The relation of the Supreme Audit Office to other public authorities is partially analysed. Investigated are also the position and competences of authorities within the SAO. In a separate chapter, based on the analysis presented and evaluated, there are the conclusions and suggestions for possible modifications of the law de lege ferenda.