This Technical Brief establishes GGPA's seven-domain Audit Trail Architecture the chronological, tamper-evident record system covering every institutional action, decision, transaction, and communication for which GGPA is accountable. The seven audit trail domains are: Financial Transactions (logged per transaction in real-time, retained 7 years minimum under Act 992, responsibility of Finance Officer); Board and Committee Decisions (logged per meeting within 5 business days, retained permanently, responsibility of Board Secretary); Procurement Events (logged per event immediately, retained 7 years, per GGPA-TECH-2026-P03 workflow); Governance Assessments IIGRA (logged per engagement per stage, retained 10 years, responsibility of GGPA Training Coordinator); Diplomatic Communications (logged per communication within 24 hours per GGPA-DIP-2026-DC05, retained 10 years, responsibility of GGPA Secretariat); Data Access Events (automated per login/logout event, retained 3 years, per GGPA-TECH-2026-S04 access control log); and Personnel Decisions (logged per decision within 5 business days, retained 7 years after employment ends). The Brief defines five Audit Trail Integrity Standards covering no retrospective amendment, tamper evidence, access restriction, completeness verification by quarterly Board Audit Committee spot-checks, and donor access protocols. Grounded in Ghana's Electronic Transactions Act 2008 (Act 772), Data Protection Act 2012 (Act 843), International Standards on Auditing (ISA 230), and GGPA Compendium Volume IV §§360–380. Part of the GGPA Technical Core suite.
David Sekyi Yirenkyi (Wed,) studied this question.