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Johnnie
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Lastone wrote on Nov 16 th, 2017 at 7:07pm: https://marriagesurvey.abs.gov.au/results/quality.html Quote:External observer program
External observers, nominated by the Yes and No committees of Commonwealth Parliamentarians, were engaged to provide feedback on a key element of the survey process: the accurate coding of returned paper survey forms.
The Commonwealth parliamentary committees were established solely for the purposes of the survey, one representing the Yes position, and one representing the No position. Each committee nominated around 60 external observers.
Observers from both committees provided feedback on the coding of 606,991 survey returns which established that the accuracy of the survey return coding was extremely high with no bias in the capture of Yes or No responses.
A full report on the External Observer Program is available.
Fraud control
The ABS put comprehensive measures in place to prevent, detect, respond to and report on potential fraud in the AMLPS.
A designated Fraud Examiner was appointed to develop, implement and maintain a Fraud Control Plan to prevent, detect, assess, investigate, respond to and report on potential fraud in the AMLPS.
The controls implemented to prevent fraud in the AMLPS included:
the introduction of the Marriage Law Survey (Additional Safeguards) Act 2017 which included provisions against fraud, specifically around the sale or purchase of survey forms
physical security of survey materials at all processing locations
use of secure access codes and single use 'mark in' codes to prevent counterfeiting of survey responses
reconciliation using the unique barcode on each survey form to ensure that only one response would be counted for each eligible respondent
cyber security controls including extensive use of data encryption
identity checks before issuing secure access codes and replacement survey forms
all staff involved in the AMLPS signed personal undertakings to remain impartial
all ABS staff were subject to the Marriage Law Survey (Additional Safeguards) Act 2017, the Census and Statistics Act 1905 and the APS Code of Conduct.
In developing the Fraud Control Plan the ABS undertook a comprehensive risk assessment of all operations associated with the AMLPS.
The Fraud Examiner worked closely with the Risk Manager throughout the process to monitor and review changing risk profiles in relation to fraud risks.
In addition to fraud controls, the ABS took a proactive approach to managing fraud risks including:
responding quickly to resolve issues
engaging with online market providers to block and remove attempts to sell survey forms and responses
encouraging members of the public to report suspicious or criminal behaviour
raising awareness through the media of the serious penalties for fraud
guidance on the AMLPS website about the Safeguards Act and how to raise complaints
referring suspected cases of fraud to the relevant authorities.
Throughout the survey period, issues reported to the ABS accounted for fewer than 500 individual survey forms (less than 0.0032% of over 16 million forms issued). These issues related to allegations of mail theft, survey forms offered for sale, persons influencing the response of vulnerable people, and the intention to respond to the survey on another person's behalf without their authorisation to do so. I guess that finishes this topic. Great, while all the observers are busy monitoring all the paper work the corrupt fagot in IT, or the computer programmer with one stroke of the keyboard reverses the outcome, it IS only a simple yes no, or 0 1 in computer language. What about the computer glitch on census night, they couldn't run a piss up in a brewery. Something fishy is going on, no way that many of my fellow Australians would vote or a poof country.
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