Úloha kontroly vo verejnej správe

Abstract

The article deals with the role of control in public administration within the Slovak Republic, its definition, legislative determination and its division. It is focused on the analysis of control activities of the chief auditor´s office in the town of Stará Ľubovňa. The aim is to point out the role of control in public administration and to evaluate the performance of control activities carried out by the chief auditor of Stará Ľubovňa for the years 2017 - 2018. The chief auditor of this town provided an interview and all materials related to the controls for the above years. Obtained data shows that the control activity within the city of Stará Ľubovňa for the years 2017 and 2018 is effective and fulfills its role, the city puts strong accent on being carried out properly, effectively and within the limits of the law. In the present paper several methods were used, especially the method of analysis, synthesis, but also concreteization.