Author: David M. Walker
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: independence, amendment, standards, auditing, government
Number of Pages: 58
Published: 2003-06
ISBN-10: 075672466X
ISBN-13: 9780756724665

This amendment substantially changes the previous standard to better serve the public interest & to maintain a high degree of integrity, objectivity, & independence for audits of government entities. While this new amendment deals with a range of auditor independence issues, the most significant change relates to the rules associated with non-audit, or consulting services. Included as Appendix I is a version of the standard which shows the deletion of language appearing in the 1994 Yellow Book with a strikeout, & presents the new or amended language with bold & italics. Also contains a list of

Author: Jeanette M. Franzel
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: concerns, effectiveness, underway, congressional, testimony, independence, address, department, inspector, general, actions, state
Number of Pages: 18
Published: 2011-08
ISBN-10: 1437984045
ISBN-13: 9781437984040

In 2007 GAO reported on concerns with the independence and effectiveness of the Dept. of State Inspector General (State OIG). GAO was asked to provide testimony on the issues they raised and the status of recommendations made to the State OIG in that report. This testimony focuses on the importance of auditor and IG independence, GAOżs prior concerns with the State OIGżs independence and effectiveness, and the status of OIG actions to address GAOżs recommendations. The testimony is primarily based on GAOżs 2007 report conducted in accordance with generally accepted government auditing stan

Author: Jennifer Armstrong
Publisher: Jennifer F Armstrong
Keywords: morning, minus
Number of Pages: 239
Published: 2009-01-03
ISBN-10: 1409255123
ISBN-13: 9781409255123

Are some people, defined by skin colour or gender, inherently good, while others are wrongheaded or even downright malicious?The journey towards self-knowledge is never to be underestimated.This is a coming of age memoir about growing up in Rhodesia shortly after the white colonial government declared UDI (Unilateral Declaration of Independence) in November 1965. Rhodesia later became Zimbabwe after it was granted its independence from colonial rule in 1980.

Author: Jonathan A. Saidel
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: audit, performance, zoo, philadelphia
Number of Pages: 113
Published: 1997-06-01
ISBN-10: 0788174363
ISBN-13: 9780788174360

Focusing on the Phila. Zoo's operating results for FY1992 through FY1996, this audit was performed to determine if the Zoo was operating in such a manner as to ensure that it would maintain the current level of financial independence from the City and to identify opportunities for increasing revenues and reducing costs to help foster that independence. Identifies obstacles to self-sufficiency, evaluates the job that the Zoo is doing, and presents recommendations for improvements addressed at both the Zoo and the City. Includes responses to the audit by Alexander Hoskins, Pres. of the Zoologica

Author: Unknown
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: hearing, kosova, independence, outlook
Number of Pages: 90
Published:
ISBN-10: 142232284X
ISBN-13: 9781422322840

Author: Unknown
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Keywords: independence, declaration, signers, lives
Number of Pages: 383
Published:
ISBN-10: 1451003447
ISBN-13: 9781451003444

Author: Benson John Lossing
Publisher: Applewood Books
Keywords: american, independence, declaration, signers, sketches, biographical
Number of Pages: 394
Published: 2009-07-01
ISBN-10: 1429019557
ISBN-13: 9781429019552

Popular American historian Benson J. Lossing was a prolific writer whose "Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American Independence" reads like a Who's Who of the country's earliest patriots. It reveals concise details about the more than fifty elected delegates, representing all thirteen colonies, who signed one of the most famous documents in American history. From Thomas Jefferson and John Hancock to less-remembered but equally important personages like Richard Henry Lee and Robert Morris, Lossing offers interesting facts and his own portrait engravings of the individ