Ottawa can't account for $3.1-billion in anti-terror funding: auditor-general Federal departments and agencies are spending only a part of the money allocated by the government to combat terrorism, the Auditor-General has found. In his spring report released Tuesday morning, Auditor-General Robert Ferguson said the government had set aside about $12.9-billion to 35 departments and agencies between 2001 and 2009 to pay for activities related to public security and anti-terrorism. But only $9.8-billion of that money was spent - about $3.1-billion less than the government had intended. And the auditor could not find any explanation for the difference between what was allocated and what was used. The money, which was allocated after the terrorist attacks in 2001, was intended to pay for measures that would enhance the security of Canadians. Specifically, it was intended to keep terrorists out of Canada, to prosecute and remove terrorists, to support international initiatives and to protect Canada's infrastructure. The auditor says the departments and agencies were required to report to the treasury board Secretariat about how the money had been spent. But, when the auditor's officials asked to see those reports, they were told they had not been prepared. "We believe that the government missed an opportunity to use the information it collected to generate a picture of spending and results under the Public Security and Anti-Terrorism Initiative across departments," Mr. Ferguson said in a release. The government recognizes that it needs to improve the way it reports financial and non-financial information for future government-wide initiatives. The report comes a week after the RCMP charged two men - Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35 - with conspiring to commit murder and terrorism, alleging the two men received "direction and guidance" from "al-Qaeda elements in Iran" as they planned railway to bomb targets in Canada.