Contracting for Audit Services.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Heifetz, Harry S.

1987-01-01

The Single Audit Act of 1984 requires most school districts receiving over $25,000 in federal funds to undergo financial audits. This article highlights requirements for selecting certified public accountants to perform the audit and suggests factors to be considered before drafting a contract or letter of engagement. A sample letter is included.…

38 CFR 39.122 - Inspections, audits, and reports.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

...-16-10) Forms Award of Grant § 39.122 Inspections, audits, and reports. Pt. 40 (a) A State will allow... Single Audit Act of 1984 (see part 41 of this chapter). (b) A State will make an annual report on VA Form... 38 Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief 2 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Inspections, audits, and...

42 CFR 137.165 - Are Self-Governance Tribes required to undertake annual audits?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 42 Public Health 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Are Self-Governance Tribes required to undertake... Operational Provisions Audits and Cost Principles § 137.165 Are Self-Governance Tribes required to undertake...-Governance Tribes must undertake annual audits pursuant to the Single Audit Act, 31 U.S.C. 7501 et seq. ...

42 CFR 137.165 - Are Self-Governance Tribes required to undertake annual audits?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... 42 Public Health 1 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Are Self-Governance Tribes required to undertake... Operational Provisions Audits and Cost Principles § 137.165 Are Self-Governance Tribes required to undertake...-Governance Tribes must undertake annual audits pursuant to the Single Audit Act, 31 U.S.C. 7501 et seq. ...

42 CFR 137.165 - Are Self-Governance Tribes required to undertake annual audits?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... 42 Public Health 1 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Are Self-Governance Tribes required to undertake... Operational Provisions Audits and Cost Principles § 137.165 Are Self-Governance Tribes required to undertake...-Governance Tribes must undertake annual audits pursuant to the Single Audit Act, 31 U.S.C. 7501 et seq. ...

24 CFR 1000.546 - Are audit costs eligible program or administrative expenses?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

..., DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ACTIVITIES Recipient Monitoring... attributable to NAHASDA funded activities. For a recipient not covered by the Single Audit Act, but which...

24 CFR 1000.546 - Are audit costs eligible program or administrative expenses?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

..., DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ACTIVITIES Recipient Monitoring... attributable to NAHASDA funded activities. For a recipient not covered by the Single Audit Act, but which...

24 CFR 1000.546 - Are audit costs eligible program or administrative expenses?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

..., DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ACTIVITIES Recipient Monitoring... attributable to NAHASDA funded activities. For a recipient not covered by the Single Audit Act, but which...

24 CFR 1000.546 - Are audit costs eligible program or administrative expenses?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

..., DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ACTIVITIES Recipient Monitoring... attributable to NAHASDA funded activities. For a recipient not covered by the Single Audit Act, but which...

24 CFR 1000.546 - Are audit costs eligible program or administrative expenses?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

..., DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ACTIVITIES Recipient Monitoring... attributable to NAHASDA funded activities. For a recipient not covered by the Single Audit Act, but which...

45 CFR 96.16 - Applicability of title XVII of the Reconciliation Act (31 U.S.C. 7301-7305).

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... health services block grant is not subject to any requirements of 31 U.S.C. 7301-7305. (d) The social services and low-income home energy assistance programs are subject only to 31 U.S.C. 7304. (e) The audit provisions of 31 U.S.C. 7305 have, in most cases, been overridden by the Single Audit Act. Pub. L. 98-502, 31...

20 CFR 404.1626 - Fiscal.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... Pub. L. 98-502, the Single Audit Act of 1984, or by the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration or based on an audit or review by the Social Security Administration (see § 404.1627), we will...' Benefits SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950...

20 CFR 404.1626 - Fiscal.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... Pub. L. 98-502, the Single Audit Act of 1984, or by the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration or based on an audit or review by the Social Security Administration (see § 404.1627), we will...' Benefits SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950...

20 CFR 416.1026 - Fiscal.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... Pub. L. 98-502, the Single Audit Act of 1984, or by the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration or based on an audit or review by the Social Security Administration (see § 416.1027), we will...' Benefits SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED...

20 CFR 416.1026 - Fiscal.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... Pub. L. 98-502, the Single Audit Act of 1984, or by the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration or based on an audit or review by the Social Security Administration (see § 416.1027), we will...' Benefits SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED...

Grants and cooperative agreements to state and local governments, universities, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations--USDA. Interim final rule.

PubMed

1997-08-29

This interim final rule amendment is issued to implement the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 (Public Law 104-156, 110 Stat. 1396) and the June 24, 1997, revision of OMB Circular A-133, "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations" and to replace the existing audit requirements that are superseded by Public Law 104-156 and the revised A-133.

10 CFR Appendix A to Part 600 - Generally Applicable Requirements

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... Competitive Practices Act of 1974 (49 U.S.C. 1517). Executive Order 12138, “Creating a National Women's... National Program for Women's Business Enterprise,” (May 18, 1979) 3 CFR 1979 Comp., p. 393. Sec. 403(b... Audit at Educational Institutions. OMB Circular A-73, Audit of Federal Operations and Programs. Single...

2 CFR 176.200 - Procedure.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... Reserved AWARD TERMS FOR ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS THAT INCLUDE FUNDS UNDER THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009, PUBLIC LAW 111-5 Single Audit Information for Recipients of Recovery Act Funds § 176.200 Procedure. The award official shall insert the standard award term in this subpart in all awards...

7 CFR Appendix B to Part 3015 - OMB Circular A-128, “Audits of State and Local Governments”

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... of issuance. David A. Stockman, Director. Definition of Major Program as Provided in Pub. L. 98-502.... Purpose. This Circular is issued pursuant to the Single Audit Act of 1984, Pub. L. 98-502. It establishes... Program, as defined by Pub. L 98-502, is described in the Attachment to this Circular. k. Public...

7 CFR Appendix B to Part 3015 - OMB Circular A-128, “Audits of State and Local Governments”

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... of issuance. David A. Stockman, Director. Definition of Major Program as Provided in Pub. L. 98-502.... Purpose. This Circular is issued pursuant to the Single Audit Act of 1984, Pub. L. 98-502. It establishes... Program, as defined by Pub. L 98-502, is described in the Attachment to this Circular. k. Public...

78 FR 70964 - Sunshine Act Meeting; Audit Committee of the Board of Directors

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-11-27

... NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION Sunshine Act Meeting; Audit Committee of the Board of... with the Chief Audit Executive III. Executive Session: Chief Audit Executive Performance Review IV... Audit Reports with Management's Response VI. Internal Audit Status Reports VII. MHA/NFMC/EHLP Compliance...

78 FR 24438 - Board of Directors Audit Committee; Sunshine Act Meeting

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-04-25

... NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION Board of Directors Audit Committee; Sunshine Act Meeting... Secretary (202) 220-2376; [email protected] . AGENDA: I. CALL TO ORDER II. Executive Session with Internal Audit... Policy VI. External 3rd Party Audit Communication VII. FY 2014 Risk Assessment & Draft Internal Audit...

77 FR 24538 - Sunshine Act; Audit Committee Meeting of the Board of Directors

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-04-24

... NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION Sunshine Act; Audit Committee Meeting of the Board of.... Executive Session with Internal Audit Director IV. Executive Session with Officers: Pending Litigation V. Internal Audit Report with Management's Response VI. Amendment to the FY 2012 Internal Audit Plan VII. FY...

2 CFR 176.200 - Procedure.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... Single Audit Information for Recipients of Recovery Act Funds § 176.200 Procedure. The award official shall insert the standard award term in this subpart in all awards funded in whole or in part with... AND BUDGET GOVERNMENTWIDE GUIDANCE FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS Reserved AWARD TERMS FOR ASSISTANCE...

76 FR 72220 - Board of Directors Audit Committee Meeting; Sunshine Act

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-11-22

... NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION Board of Directors Audit Committee Meeting; Sunshine Act... Secretary, (202) 220-2376; [email protected] . AGENDA: I. Call To Order II. Executive Session with Internal Audit Director III. Executive Session Related to Pending Litigation IV. Internal Audit Report with Management's...

2 CFR 176.200 - Procedure.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... AND BUDGET GOVERNMENTWIDE GUIDANCE FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS NATIONAL POLICY REQUIREMENTS AWARD TERMS..., PUBLIC LAW 111-5 Single Audit Information for Recipients of Recovery Act Funds § 176.200 Procedure. The award official shall insert the standard award term in this subpart in all awards funded in whole or in...

2 CFR 176.200 - Procedure.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... AND BUDGET GOVERNMENTWIDE GUIDANCE FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS NATIONAL POLICY REQUIREMENTS AWARD TERMS..., PUBLIC LAW 111-5 Single Audit Information for Recipients of Recovery Act Funds § 176.200 Procedure. The award official shall insert the standard award term in this subpart in all awards funded in whole or in...

2 CFR 176.200 - Procedure.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... Single Audit Information for Recipients of Recovery Act Funds § 176.200 Procedure. The award official shall insert the standard award term in this subpart in all awards funded in whole or in part with... AND BUDGET GOVERNMENTWIDE GUIDANCE FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS [Reserved] AWARD TERMS FOR ASSISTANCE...

The impact of the Sarbanes Oxley Act on auditing fees: An empirical study of the oil and gas industry

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Ezelle, Ralph Wayne, Jr.

2011-12-01

This study examines auditing of energy firms prior and post Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. The research explores factors impacting the asset adjusted audit fee of oil and gas companies and specifically examines the effect of the Sarbanes Oxley Act. This research analyzes multiple year audit fees of the firms engaged in the oil and gas industry. Pooled samples were created to improve statistical power with sample sizes sufficient to test for medium and large effect size. The Sarbanes Oxley Act significantly increases a firm's asset adjusted audit fees. Additional findings are that part of the variance in audit fees was attributable to the market value of the enterprise, the number of subsidiaries, the receivables and inventory, debt ratio, non-profitability, and receipt of a going concern report.

[Thoughts on the Witnessed Audit in Medical Device Single Audit Program].

PubMed

Wen, Jing; Xiao, Jiangyi; Wang, Aijun

2018-02-08

Medical Device Single Audit Program is one of the key projects in International Medical Device Regulators Forum, which has much experience to be used for reference. This paper briefly describes the procedures and contents of the Witnessed Audit in Medical Device Single Audit Program. Some revelations about the work of Witnessed Audit have been discussed, for reference by the Regulatory Authorities and the Auditing Organizations.

77 FR 17360 - Reform of Federal Policies Relating to Grants and Cooperative Agreements; Cost Principles And...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-03-26

... II Reform of Federal Policies Relating to Grants and Cooperative Agreements; Cost Principles And...; cost principles and administrative requirements (including Single Audit Act). The original comment...-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title02/2cfrv1_02.tpl . The Cost Principles for Hospitals are in the...

Financial Management Handbook for Federal and State Grant Programs. Bulletin No. 7120.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison.

This handbook provides a reference to the fiscal requirements and procedures for effective management of federal and state education grant programs in Wisconsin. The handbook references the Code of Federal Regulations, the federal Single Audit Act of 1984, and state statutes. Part A discusses the education department's general administrative…

10 CFR 603.1115 - Single audits.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 10 Energy 4 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Single audits. 603.1115 Section 603.1115 Energy DEPARTMENT... Administration § 603.1115 Single audits. For audits of for-profit participant's systems, under §§ 603.640 through 603.660, the contracting officer is the focal point for ensuring that participants submit audit...

Results From the Audit of DOD’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Initial Data Quality Review Implementation

DTIC Science & Technology

2009-11-03

Results From the Audit of DoD’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Initial Data Quality Review Implementation Memorandum No. D-2010-RAM...number. 1. REPORT DATE 03 NOV 2009 2. REPORT TYPE 3. DATES COVERED 00-00-2009 to 00-00-2009 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Results From the Audit of...SUBJECT: Results From the Audit of DOD’ s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of2009 Initial Data Quality Review Implementation (Report No. D

78 FR 68853 - International Medical Device Regulators Forum; Medical Device Single Audit Program International...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-11-15

...] International Medical Device Regulators Forum; Medical Device Single Audit Program International Coalition Pilot... Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing participation in the Medical Device Single Audit Program International Coalition Pilot Program. The Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP) was designed and...

Report on Review of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Single Audit for the Audit Period October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2007

DTIC Science & Technology

2009-05-22

State of Michigan, single audit and supporting workpapers for the audit period October I, 2005 through September 30, 2007 (biennial audit period), to...determine whether the audit was conducted in accordance with government auditing standards and the auditing and reporting requirements of Office of

25 CFR 273.48 - Audit and inspection.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... 25 Indians 1 2012-04-01 2011-04-01 true Audit and inspection. 273.48 Section 273.48 Indians BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT PROGRAM EDUCATION CONTRACTS UNDER JOHNSON-O'MALLEY ACT General Contract Requirements § 273.48 Audit and...

78 FR 15407 - Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-03-11

... alteration of the system of records entitled Treasury/IRS 34.037, Audit Trail and Security Records. DATES... the Privacy Act system of records entitled Treasury/IRS34.037, Audit Trail and Security Records, to.... TREASURY/IRS 34.037 System name: Audit Trail and Security Records--Treasury/IRS 34.037...

32 CFR Appendix D to Part 290 - Audit Working Papers

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 32 National Defense 2 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Audit Working Papers D Appendix D to Part 290 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROGRAM DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY (DCAA) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROGRAM Pt...

32 CFR Appendix D to Part 290 - Audit Working Papers

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 32 National Defense 2 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Audit Working Papers D Appendix D to Part 290 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROGRAM DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY (DCAA) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROGRAM Pt...

32 CFR Appendix D to Part 290 - Audit Working Papers

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... 32 National Defense 2 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Audit Working Papers D Appendix D to Part 290 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROGRAM DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY (DCAA) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROGRAM Pt...

32 CFR Appendix D to Part 290 - Audit Working Papers

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... 32 National Defense 2 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Audit Working Papers D Appendix D to Part 290 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROGRAM DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY (DCAA) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROGRAM Pt...

32 CFR Appendix D to Part 290 - Audit Working Papers

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 32 National Defense 2 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Audit Working Papers D Appendix D to Part 290 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROGRAM DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY (DCAA) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROGRAM Pt...

42 CFR 56.603 - Project elements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

..., including the provision for an audit conducted in accordance with the DHHS Audit Agency Guide for Audits of... of the Social Security Act, obtain or make every reasonable effort to obtain a written agreement with... entitled to insurance benefits under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, to medical assistance under a...

Embedding the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in clinical practice: an audit review.

PubMed

Dunlop, Claudia; Sorinmade, Oluwatoyin

2014-12-01

Aims and method An audit cycle assessed compliance of healthcare professionals within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust with the statutory requirements of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in patient care. Each stage involved a retrospective review of relevant patient electronic records. The additional purpose of the audit was to make recommendations to improve compliance with the requirement of the Act by healthcare professionals and improve patient understanding of its provisions. Results The audit cycle demonstrated some improvement in clinical practice as well as the need for further efforts at raising the understanding and compliance of clinicians and the public with provisions of the Act. Clinical Implications Healthcare professionals need further understanding of the provisions of the Act and their responsibilities. There is also the need to enhance public awareness to provisions of the Act in relation to their decision-making autonomy. Stakeholders need to put strategies in place for these to be achieved.

76 FR 55124 - Audit Committee Meeting of the Board of Directors; Sunshine Act

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-09-06

... NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION Audit Committee Meeting of the Board of Directors; Sunshine... Internal Audit Director III. Internal Audit Report with Management's Response IV. FY `11 and `12 Risk Assessments and Internal Audit Plans V. Internal Audit Resource Capacity Proposal VI. Communication of...

76 FR 115 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-01-03

...; System of Records AGENCY: Defense Contract Audit Agency, DoD. ACTION: Notice to amend a system of records. SUMMARY: The Defense Contract Audit Agency is proposing to amend a system of records notice in its... INFORMATION: The Defense Contract Audit Agency systems of records notices subject to the Privacy Act of 1974...

76 FR 114 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-01-03

...; System of Records AGENCY: Defense Contract Audit Agency, DoD. ACTION: Notice to amend a system of records. SUMMARY: The Defense Contract Audit Agency is proposing to amend a system of records notice in its... INFORMATION: The Defense Contract Audit Agency systems of records notices subject to the Privacy Act of 1974...

25 CFR 1000.394 - What audit requirements must a self-governance Tribe/Consortium follow?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... 25 Indians 2 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false What audit requirements must a self-governance Tribe..., DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ANNUAL FUNDING AGREEMENTS UNDER THE TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNMENT ACT AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ACT Miscellaneous Provisions § 1000.394 What audit requirements...

25 CFR 1000.394 - What audit requirements must a self-governance Tribe/Consortium follow?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... 25 Indians 2 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false What audit requirements must a self-governance Tribe..., DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ANNUAL FUNDING AGREEMENTS UNDER THE TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNMENT ACT AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ACT Miscellaneous Provisions § 1000.394 What audit requirements...

25 CFR 1000.394 - What audit requirements must a self-governance Tribe/Consortium follow?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... 25 Indians 2 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false What audit requirements must a self-governance Tribe..., DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ANNUAL FUNDING AGREEMENTS UNDER THE TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNMENT ACT AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ACT Miscellaneous Provisions § 1000.394 What audit requirements...

25 CFR 1000.394 - What audit requirements must a self-governance Tribe/Consortium follow?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... 25 Indians 2 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false What audit requirements must a self-governance Tribe..., DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ANNUAL FUNDING AGREEMENTS UNDER THE TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNMENT ACT AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ACT Miscellaneous Provisions § 1000.394 What audit requirements...

25 CFR 1000.394 - What audit requirements must a self-governance Tribe/Consortium follow?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 25 Indians 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false What audit requirements must a self-governance Tribe..., DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ANNUAL FUNDING AGREEMENTS UNDER THE TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNMENT ACT AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ACT Miscellaneous Provisions § 1000.394 What audit requirements...

28 CFR 115.193 - Audits of standards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Audits of standards. 115.193 Section 115.193 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Standards for Lockups Audits § 115.193 Audits of standards. The agency shall conduct audits...

28 CFR 115.193 - Audits of standards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Audits of standards. 115.193 Section 115.193 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Standards for Lockups Audits § 115.193 Audits of standards. The agency shall conduct audits...

28 CFR 115.193 - Audits of standards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Audits of standards. 115.193 Section 115.193 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Standards for Lockups Audits § 115.193 Audits of standards. The agency shall conduct audits...

[Introduction of Quality Management System Audit in Medical Device Single Audit Program].

PubMed

Wen, Jing; Xiao, Jiangyi; Wang, Aijun

2018-01-30

The audit of the quality management system in the medical device single audit program covers the requirements of several national regulatory authorities, which has a very important reference value. This paper briefly described the procedures and contents of this audit. Some enlightenment on supervision and inspection are discussed in China, for reference by the regulatory authorities and auditing organizations.

28 CFR 115.403 - Audit contents and findings.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Audit contents and findings. 115.403 Section 115.403 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Auditing and Corrective Action § 115.403 Audit contents and findings. (a) Each audit...

28 CFR 115.403 - Audit contents and findings.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Audit contents and findings. 115.403 Section 115.403 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Auditing and Corrective Action § 115.403 Audit contents and findings. (a) Each audit...

28 CFR 115.403 - Audit contents and findings.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Audit contents and findings. 115.403 Section 115.403 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Auditing and Corrective Action § 115.403 Audit contents and findings. (a) Each audit...

77 FR 56238 - Audit Committee Meeting of the Board of Directors; Sunshine Act

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-09-12

... NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION Audit Committee Meeting of the Board of Directors; Sunshine... Secretary, (202) 220-2376; [email protected] . AGENDA: I. Call to Order II. Executive Session with Internal Audit... to the Audit Committee Charter VI. Internal Audit Response with Management's Response VII. FY 2013...

20 CFR 627.481 - Audit resolution.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 20 Employees' Benefits 3 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Audit resolution. 627.481 Section 627.481... PROGRAMS UNDER TITLES I, II, AND III OF THE ACT Administrative Standards § 627.481 Audit resolution. (a) Federal audit resolution. When the OIG issues an audit report to the Employment and Training...

78 FR 54925 - Audit Committee Meeting of The Board of Directors; Sunshine Act Meeting

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-09-06

... NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION Audit Committee Meeting of The Board of Directors; Sunshine.... Executive Session With Internal Audit Director III. Title Change of the Internal Audit Director IV. Executive Session With Officers: Pending Litigation V. FY14 Risk Assessment & Internal Audit Plan VI...

76 FR 15981 - Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-03-22

... Investment Performance Report; c. Legislative Report. 3. Communication Awards. 4. Audit Report Discussion. 5. Audit Findings Summary Report. 6. Department of Labor Audit Briefing. 7. Roth Project Update. Parts...

28 CFR 115.293 - Audits of standards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Audits of standards. 115.293 Section 115.293 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Standards for Community Confinement Facilities Audits § 115.293 Audits of standards. The agency...

28 CFR 115.293 - Audits of standards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Audits of standards. 115.293 Section 115.293 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Standards for Community Confinement Facilities Audits § 115.293 Audits of standards. The agency...

28 CFR 115.393 - Audits of standards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Audits of standards. 115.393 Section 115.393 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Standards for Juvenile Facilities Audits § 115.393 Audits of standards. The agency shall conduct...

28 CFR 115.393 - Audits of standards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Audits of standards. 115.393 Section 115.393 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Standards for Juvenile Facilities Audits § 115.393 Audits of standards. The agency shall conduct...

28 CFR 115.293 - Audits of standards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Audits of standards. 115.293 Section 115.293 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Standards for Community Confinement Facilities Audits § 115.293 Audits of standards. The agency...

28 CFR 115.393 - Audits of standards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Audits of standards. 115.393 Section 115.393 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Standards for Juvenile Facilities Audits § 115.393 Audits of standards. The agency shall conduct...

20 CFR 638.809 - Audit.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 20 Employees' Benefits 3 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Audit. 638.809 Section 638.809 Employees... THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT Administrative Provisions § 638.809 Audit. (a) The Secretary of Labor... purpose of making surveys, audits, examinations, excerpts, and transcripts. (b) The Secretary shall, with...

75 FR 59711 - Audit Program for Texas Flexible Permit Holders

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-09-28

... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-R06-OAR-2010-0510; FRL-9207-4] Audit Program for Texas... Act (CAA) voluntary audit compliance program for flexible permit holders in the State of Texas (hereinafter ``Audit Program''); response to public comments. SUMMARY: EPA is offering holders of Texas...

7 CFR 1773.9 - Disclosure of fraud, illegal acts, and other noncompliance.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

..., the auditor must design the audit to provide reasonable assurance of detecting fraud that is material... UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (CONTINUED) POLICY ON AUDITS OF RUS BORROWERS RUS Audit... statements, auditors should apply audit procedures specifically directed to ascertaining whether an illegal...

28 CFR 115.405 - Audit appeals.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Audit appeals. 115.405 Section 115.405 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Auditing and Corrective Action § 115.405 Audit appeals. (a) An agency may lodge an appeal with the...

28 CFR 115.405 - Audit appeals.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Audit appeals. 115.405 Section 115.405 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Auditing and Corrective Action § 115.405 Audit appeals. (a) An agency may lodge an appeal with the...

28 CFR 115.404 - Audit corrective action plan.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Audit corrective action plan. 115.404 Section 115.404 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Auditing and Corrective Action § 115.404 Audit corrective action plan. (a) A finding of...

28 CFR 115.404 - Audit corrective action plan.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Audit corrective action plan. 115.404 Section 115.404 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Auditing and Corrective Action § 115.404 Audit corrective action plan. (a) A finding of...

28 CFR 115.404 - Audit corrective action plan.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Audit corrective action plan. 115.404 Section 115.404 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Auditing and Corrective Action § 115.404 Audit corrective action plan. (a) A finding of...

28 CFR 115.405 - Audit appeals.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Audit appeals. 115.405 Section 115.405 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Auditing and Corrective Action § 115.405 Audit appeals. (a) An agency may lodge an appeal with the...

28 CFR 115.401 - Frequency and scope of audits.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Frequency and scope of audits. 115.401 Section 115.401 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Auditing and Corrective Action § 115.401 Frequency and scope of audits. (a) During the...

28 CFR 115.401 - Frequency and scope of audits.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Frequency and scope of audits. 115.401 Section 115.401 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Auditing and Corrective Action § 115.401 Frequency and scope of audits. (a) During the...

28 CFR 115.401 - Frequency and scope of audits.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Frequency and scope of audits. 115.401 Section 115.401 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Auditing and Corrective Action § 115.401 Frequency and scope of audits. (a) During the...

20 CFR 637.310 - Audits.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 20 Employees' Benefits 3 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Audits. 637.310 Section 637.310 Employees... TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT Additional Title V Administrative Standards and Procedures § 637.310 Audits. The Governor shall ensure that the State complies with the audit provisions at § 629.480 of this chapter. ...

29 CFR 515.6 - Audits.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Audits. 515.6 Section 515.6 Labor Regulations Relating to... FOR INVESTIGATIONS AND INSPECTIONS § 515.6 Audits. The accounting records and the supporting data pertaining to expenditures for investigations and inspections under the Acts shall be subject to audit by the...

7 CFR 1291.11 - Audit requirements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING... Act applies to an eligible grantee, the State shall submit the annual audit results to AMS within 30... shall submit to AMS not later than 30 days after completion of the audit, a copy of the audit results. ...

77 FR 10529 - Sunshine Act Meeting

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-02-22

... Current Investment Management Contract 8. Board Meeting Calendar Review 9. FRTIB Move Update 10. Roth... FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD Sunshine Act Meeting TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m. (Eastern.... Investment Performance Report c. Legislative Report 3. Review of Audit Recommendations 4. Audit Reports 5...

78 FR 9691 - Sunshine Act Notice

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-02-11

... Final Audit Report on McCain-Palin 2008 Inc. and McCain-Palin Compliance Fund, Inc. Proposed Final Audit Report on the Maine Republican Party (A09-09) Proposed Final Audit Report on Rightmarch.com PAC, Inc...

Notification: Audit of the U.S. EPA's Compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

Project #OA-FY13-0280, May 9, 2013. The Office of Inspector General plans to begin fieldwork for an audit of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act.

DoD Generally Effective at Correcting Causes of Antideficiency Act Violations in Military Personnel Accounts, But Vulnerabilities Remain

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-11-30

U.S. Army Audit Agency Report No. A-2010-0143- FFM , “Follow-up Audit of FY 05 Subsistence Charges,” July 29, 2010 U.S. Army Audit Agency Report...2009 U.S. Army Audit Agency Report No. A-2008-0108- FFM , “Miscellaneous Credits for Reserve Component Pay,” April 29, 2008 Navy Naval Audit Service

Quality Control Review of the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP FY 2014 Single Audit of Carnegie Mellon University

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-12-17

No. DODIG-2016-034 D E C E M B E R 1 7 , 2 0 1 5 Quality Control Review of the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP FY 2014 Single Audit of Carnegie ...ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 22350-1500 December 17, 2015 Audit Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Board of Trustees Carnegie Mellon University Director, Sponsored...Projects Accounting Carnegie Mellon University SUBJECT: Quality Control Review of the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP FY 2014 Single Audit of Carnegie

44 CFR 151.22 - Audits.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 44 Emergency Management and Assistance 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Audits. 151.22 Section 151.22..., Penalties § 151.22 Audits. At the discretion of the Administrator, all claims submitted under section 11 of the Act and all records of the claimant will be subject to audit by the Administrator or his/her...

Notification: Audit of CSB's Compliance with the Cybersecurity Act of 2015

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

Project #OA-FY16-0127, March 14, 2016. The EPA OIG plans to begin fieldwork for an audit of the U.S. CSB's compliance with the mandated “Inspector General Report on Covered Systems,” as outlined in the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.

25 CFR 273.48 - Audit and inspection.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... 25 Indians 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Audit and inspection. 273.48 Section 273.48 Indians BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT PROGRAM EDUCATION CONTRACTS UNDER JOHNSON-O'MALLEY ACT General Contract Requirements § 273.48...

25 CFR 273.48 - Audit and inspection.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... 25 Indians 1 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false Audit and inspection. 273.48 Section 273.48 Indians BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT PROGRAM EDUCATION CONTRACTS UNDER JOHNSON-O'MALLEY ACT General Contract Requirements § 273.48...

25 CFR 273.48 - Audit and inspection.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... 25 Indians 1 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false Audit and inspection. 273.48 Section 273.48 Indians BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT PROGRAM EDUCATION CONTRACTS UNDER JOHNSON-O'MALLEY ACT General Contract Requirements § 273.48...

25 CFR 273.48 - Audit and inspection.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 25 Indians 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Audit and inspection. 273.48 Section 273.48 Indians BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT PROGRAM EDUCATION CONTRACTS UNDER JOHNSON-O'MALLEY ACT General Contract Requirements § 273.48...

Notification: FY2017 Audit of the CSB's compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

Project #, May 23, 2017. The EPA OIG plans to begin fieldwork for an audit of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s (CSB’s) compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA).

Notification: Audit of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

Project #OA-FY14-0135, February 10, 2014. The Office of Inspector General plans to begin fieldwork for an audit of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).

45 CFR 95.4 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... it is later determined that the cost is greater or less than that originally claimed. Audit exception... virtue of an audit. Claim means a request for Federal financial participation in the manner and format... definitions in the appropriate program's regulations. The Act means the Social Security Act, as amended. We...

45 CFR 95.4 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... it is later determined that the cost is greater or less than that originally claimed. Audit exception... virtue of an audit. Claim means a request for Federal financial participation in the manner and format... definitions in the appropriate program's regulations. The Act means the Social Security Act, as amended. We...

DOD Financial Management: Significant Improvements Needed in Efforts to Address Improper Payment Requirements

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-05-01

Agenda RAA Recovery Auditing Act SBR Statement of Budgetary Resources TMA TRICARE Management Activity USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers...Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 included the provisions commonly referred to as the Recovery Auditing Act ( RAA ).12...Administration, and Social Security Administration. The RAA required, among other things, that all executive branch agencies entering into contracts

Army Needs to Improve Controls and Audit Trails for the General Fund Enterprise Business System Acquire-to-Retire Business Process

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-09-13

Event 1.4.4,” August 7, 2012 AAA Attestation Report A-2010-0187- FFM , “General Fund Enterprise Business System - Federal Financial Management...Improvement Act Compliance. Examination of Requirements Through Test Event 1.4.0,” September 14, 2010 AAA Audit Report A-2009-0232- FFM , “General Fund...September 30, 2009 AAA Audit Report A-2009-0231- FFM , “General Fund Enterprise Business System - Federal Financial Management Improvement Act

20 CFR 652.8 - Administrative provisions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... State staff, and verifiable for monitoring, reporting, audit and evaluation purposes (section 10(c)). (c... supporting the affidavit shall be maintained for audit purposes. (7) Payments from the State's Wagner-Peyser... against Reed Act funds (section 903(c) of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1103(c)) are...

20 CFR 652.8 - Administrative provisions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... State staff, and verifiable for monitoring, reporting, audit and evaluation purposes (section 10(c)). (c... supporting the affidavit shall be maintained for audit purposes. (7) Payments from the State's Wagner-Peyser... against Reed Act funds (section 903(c) of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1103(c)) are...

45 CFR 96.91 - Audit requirement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 45 Public Welfare 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Audit requirement. 96.91 Section 96.91 Public... Block Grants § 96.91 Audit requirement. Pursuant to section 1745(b) of the Reconciliation Act (31 U.S.C. 1243 note) an audit is required with respect to the 2-year period beginning on October 1, 1981, and...

76 FR 4348 - Sunshine Act Notices; Meeting

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-01-25

... of Minutes for December 16, 2010 Proposed Final Audit Report on the Tennessee Democratic Party Proposed Final Audit Report on the Tennessee Republican Party Federal Election Account Proposed Final Audit... Independent Expenditures and Electioneering Communications by Corporations and Labor Organizations Management...

7 CFR 735.403 - Audits.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... REGULATIONS FOR WAREHOUSES REGULATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES WAREHOUSE ACT Electronic Providers § 735.403... electronic data processing audit that meets the minimum requirements as provided in the applicable provider agreement. The electronic data processing audit will be used by DACO to evaluate current computer operations...

7 CFR 735.403 - Audits.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... REGULATIONS FOR WAREHOUSES REGULATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES WAREHOUSE ACT Electronic Providers § 735.403... electronic data processing audit that meets the minimum requirements as provided in the applicable provider agreement. The electronic data processing audit will be used by DACO to evaluate current computer operations...

75 FR 38812 - Sunshine Act Notice

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-07-06

... FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Sunshine Act Notice DATE AND TIME: Thursday, July 1, 2010, at 10 a.m. PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, DC (Ninth Floor). STATUS: This meeting will be open to the public. Items To Be Discussed Correction and Approval of Minutes. Discussion of Audit Policies and Procedures. Report of the Audit Division on the...

75 FR 75676 - Sunshine Act Notices

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-12-06

...). Status: This meeting will be open to the public. Items To Be Discussed: Proposed Final Audit Report on Biden for President, Inc. Proposed Final Audit Report on the Washington State Democratic Central Committee. Proposed Final Audit Report on the Tennessee Republican Party Federal Election Account. Proposed...

20 CFR 637.310 - Audits.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... 20 Employees' Benefits 3 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Audits. 637.310 Section 637.310 Employees' Benefits EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROGRAMS UNDER TITLE V OF THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT Additional Title V Administrative Standards and Procedures § 637.310 Audits. The...

16 CFR 1105.14 - Audit and examination.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 16 Commercial Practices 2 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Audit and examination. 1105.14 Section 1105.14 Commercial Practices CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT REGULATIONS... representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any pertinent books, documents...

Financial Audit Guide: Auditing the Statement of Budgetary Resources

DTIC Science & Technology

2001-12-01

financial reporting should assist in fulfilling the government’s duty to be publicly accountable for moneys raised from the public and for their expenditure in accordance with applicable laws that establish the budget and other related laws and regulations. As a means to help achieve this objective, beginning with fiscal year 1998, executive agencies subject to the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of 1990, as expanded by the Government Management Reform Act of 1994, were each required to prepare and submit for audit a Statement of Budgetary Resources (SBR) in

Report on the Audit of Foreign Military Sales Trust Fund Disbursement Reporting

DTIC Science & Technology

1991-09-11

This is our final report on the Audit of Foreign Military Sales Trust Fund Disbursement Reporting, provided for your information and use. The audit was...made from August 1990 through March 1991. The overall objective of the audit was to determine whether disbursements from the Foreign Military Sales...implementation of the internal management control program required by the Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) as it pertained to the audit objectives.

Financial Management: Extending the Financial Statements Audit Requirement of the CFO Act to Additional Federal Agencies

DTIC Science & Technology

2002-05-14

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has balance-sheet-only audits every 3 to 5 years, most recently for fiscal year 1997. It did not prepare fiscal...associated with the agency’s operations were the most important factors to Have had financial statements audits Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety...audits, the International Trade Commission and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, did not have financial statements audits for fiscal year

76 FR 81551 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Order Approving...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-12-28

... Relating to Amendments to the Order Audit Trail System Rules December 21, 2011. I. Introduction On October... Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \\1\\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\\2\\ to amend its Order Audit Trail System (``OATS'') rules to require certain information be reported to OATS and to specify the time OATS...

45 CFR 205.50 - Safeguarding information for the financial assistance programs.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... assistance under title IV-A of the Social Security Act, must provide that: (1) Pursuant to State statute... Recovery Tax Act of 1981. (E) Any audit or similar activity, e.g., review of expenditure reports or... governmental entity which is authorized by law to conduct such audit or activity. (F) The administration of a...

76 FR 42126 - Sunshine Act Meeting

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-07-18

... Committee. Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum on John Edwards for President. Proposed Final Audit Report on the Georgia Federal Elections Committee. Proposed Policy Statement Extending a Pilot Program...

77 FR 77047 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-12-31

...; System of Records AGENCY: Defense Contract Audit Agency, DoD. ACTION: Notice to delete a Systems of Records. SUMMARY: The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) is deleting a system of records in its existing... at (703) 767-1022. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) systems of...

77 FR 77048 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-12-31

...; System of Records AGENCY: Defense Contract Audit Agency, DoD. ACTION: Notice to amend a System of Records. SUMMARY: The Defense Contract Audit Agency is amending a system of records notice in its existing.... SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Defense Contract Audit Agency systems of records notices subject to the Privacy...

78 FR 19246 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-03-29

... the system have been updated to include use in law enforcement, audits and oversight activities, and..., organization, or individual for the purpose of performing audit or oversight operations as authorized by law, but only such information as is necessary and relevant to such audit or oversight function. (4...

32 CFR 37.1115 - What are my responsibilities related to participants' single audits?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... Department of Defense for ensuring that participants submit audit reports and for resolving any findings in... 32 National Defense 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false What are my responsibilities related to participants' single audits? 37.1115 Section 37.1115 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE...

32 CFR 37.1115 - What are my responsibilities related to participants' single audits?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Department of Defense for ensuring that participants submit audit reports and for resolving any findings in... 32 National Defense 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false What are my responsibilities related to participants' single audits? 37.1115 Section 37.1115 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE...

32 CFR 37.1115 - What are my responsibilities related to participants' single audits?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... Department of Defense for ensuring that participants submit audit reports and for resolving any findings in... 32 National Defense 1 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false What are my responsibilities related to participants' single audits? 37.1115 Section 37.1115 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE...

32 CFR 37.1115 - What are my responsibilities related to participants' single audits?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... Department of Defense for ensuring that participants submit audit reports and for resolving any findings in... 32 National Defense 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false What are my responsibilities related to participants' single audits? 37.1115 Section 37.1115 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE...

20 CFR 632.33 - Audits.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 20 Employees' Benefits 3 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Audits. 632.33 Section 632.33 Employees... AND TRAINING PROGRAMS Administrative Standards and Procedures § 632.33 Audits. (a) General. The audit provisions of 41 CFR part 29-70 shall apply to Native American grantees. Until unified or single audit...

29 CFR 99.200 - Audit requirements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 29 Labor 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Audit requirements. 99.200 Section 99.200 Labor Office of the Secretary of Labor AUDITS OF STATES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Audits § 99.... Guidance on determining Federal awards expended is provided in § 99.205. (b) Single audit. Non-Federal...

75 FR 70757 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Order Approving a...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-11-18

... Change Relating to the Expansion of the Order Audit Trail System to All NMS Stocks November 12, 2010. I... Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act''),\\1\\ a proposed rule change to amend its Order Audit Trail System...-1 and IM-1013-2 and receive orders through systems operated and regulated by the NYSE or NYSE Amex...

Comparison of Alcohol Use Disorder Screens During College Athlete Pre-Participation Evaluations.

PubMed

Majka, Erek; Graves, Travis; Diaz, Vanessa A; Player, Marty S; Dickerson, Lori M; Gavin, Jennifer K; Wessell, Andrea

2016-05-01

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening adults for alcohol misuse, a challenge among young adults who may not have regular primary care. The pre-participation evaluation (PPE) provides an opportunity for screening, but traditional screening tools require extra time in an already busy visit. The objective of this study was to compare the 10-item Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) with a single-question alcohol misuse screen in a population of college-aged athletes. This cross-sectional study was performed during an athletic PPE clinic at a college in the Southeastern United States among athletes ages 18 years and older. Written AUDIT and single-question screen "How many times in the past year have you had X or more drinks in a day?" (five for men, four for women) asked orally were administered to each participant. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values for the single-question screen were compared to AUDIT. A total of 225 athletes were screened; 60% were female; 29% screened positive by AUDIT; 59% positive by single-question instrument. Males were more likely to screen positive by both methods. Compared to the AUDIT, the brief single-question screen had 92% sensitivity for alcohol misuse and 55% specificity. The negative predictive value of the single-question screen was 95% compared to AUDIT. A single-question screen for alcohol misuse in college-aged athletes had a high sensitivity and negative predictive value compared to the more extensive AUDIT screen. Ease of administration of this screening tool is ideal for use within the pre-participation physical among college-aged athletes who may not seek regular medical care.

77 FR 11778 - Reform of Federal Policies Relating to Grants and Cooperative Agreements; Cost Principles and...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-02-28

... contracts that that are subject to ``full coverage'' under the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) as defined at... full Single Audit. These Audits would be strengthened per the ideas in reforms 2-5 (below) to give... the full Single Audit for entities expending more than $3 million would ensure that agencies still...

76 FR 24489 - Sunshine Act Notice

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-05-02

... Meeting of April 7, 2011. Proposed Final Audit Report on the Service Employees International Union. Committee on Political Education (SEIU COPE) (A09-28). Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum on Freedom's...

18 CFR 37.7 - Auditing Transmission Service Information.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT OPEN ACCESS SAME-TIME INFORMATION... time stamped. (b) Audit data must remain available for download on the OASIS for 90 days, except ATC/TTC postings that must remain available for download on the OASIS for 20 days. The audit data are to...

18 CFR 37.7 - Auditing Transmission Service Information.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT OPEN ACCESS SAME-TIME INFORMATION... time stamped. (b) Audit data must remain available for download on the OASIS for 90 days, except ATC/TTC postings that must remain available for download on the OASIS for 20 days. The audit data are to...

18 CFR 37.7 - Auditing Transmission Service Information.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT OPEN ACCESS SAME-TIME INFORMATION... time stamped. (b) Audit data must remain available for download on the OASIS for 90 days, except ATC/TTC postings that must remain available for download on the OASIS for 20 days. The audit data are to...

18 CFR 37.7 - Auditing Transmission Service Information.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT OPEN ACCESS SAME-TIME INFORMATION... time stamped. (b) Audit data must remain available for download on the OASIS for 90 days, except ATC/TTC postings that must remain available for download on the OASIS for 20 days. The audit data are to...

18 CFR 37.7 - Auditing Transmission Service Information.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT OPEN ACCESS SAME-TIME INFORMATION... time stamped. (b) Audit data must remain available for download on the OASIS for 90 days, except ATC/TTC postings that must remain available for download on the OASIS for 20 days. The audit data are to...

78 FR 14282 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-03-05

...; System of Records AGENCY: Defense Contract Audit Agency, DoD. ACTION: Notice to alter a System of Records. SUMMARY: The Defense Contract Audit Agency proposes to alter a system of records in its inventory of.... SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Defense Contract Audit Agency notices for systems of records subject to the...

78 FR 14284 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

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2013-03-05

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13 CFR 120.853 - Inspector General audits of CDCs.

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2014-01-01

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13 CFR 120.853 - Inspector General audits of CDCs.

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2011-01-01

... 13 Business Credit and Assistance 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Inspector General audits of CDCs... Development Company Loan Program (504) Other Cdc Requirements § 120.853 Inspector General audits of CDCs. The... Inspector General Act. The CDC must cooperate and make its staff, records, and facilities available. [68 FR...

13 CFR 120.853 - Inspector General audits of CDCs.

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2013-01-01

... 13 Business Credit and Assistance 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Inspector General audits of CDCs... Development Company Loan Program (504) Other Cdc Requirements § 120.853 Inspector General audits of CDCs. The... Inspector General Act. The CDC must cooperate and make its staff, records, and facilities available. [68 FR...

13 CFR 120.853 - Inspector General audits of CDCs.

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2010-01-01

... 13 Business Credit and Assistance 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Inspector General audits of CDCs... Development Company Loan Program (504) Other Cdc Requirements § 120.853 Inspector General audits of CDCs. The... Inspector General Act. The CDC must cooperate and make its staff, records, and facilities available. [68 FR...

13 CFR 120.853 - Inspector General audits of CDCs.

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2012-01-01

... 13 Business Credit and Assistance 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Inspector General audits of CDCs... Development Company Loan Program (504) Other Cdc Requirements § 120.853 Inspector General audits of CDCs. The... Inspector General Act. The CDC must cooperate and make its staff, records, and facilities available. [68 FR...

12 CFR 335.121 - Listing standards related to audit committees.

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2012-01-01

... 12 Banks and Banking 5 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Listing standards related to audit committees... audit committees. The provisions of the applicable SEC regulation under section 10(A)(m) of the Exchange Act shall be followed as codified at 17 CFR part 240. [75 FR 73949, Nov. 30, 2010] ...

45 CFR 201.14 - Reconsideration under section 1116(d) of the Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... SERVICES GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Review and Audits § 201.14 Reconsideration under... audit) which contain the findings of fact on which the disallowance determination is based; (vi... reports of audit or review which were the basis for his decision. (3) The Administrator shall promptly...

45 CFR 201.14 - Reconsideration under section 1116(d) of the Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... SERVICES GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Review and Audits § 201.14 Reconsideration under... audit) which contain the findings of fact on which the disallowance determination is based; (vi... reports of audit or review which were the basis for his decision. (3) The Administrator shall promptly...

Initial Results from the Royal College of Radiologists' UK National Audit of Anal Cancer Radiotherapy 2015.

PubMed

Muirhead, R; Drinkwater, K; O'Cathail, S M; Adams, R; Glynne-Jones, R; Harrison, M; Hawkins, M A; Sebag-Montefiore, D; Gilbert, D C

2017-03-01

UK guidance was recently developed for the treatment of anal cancer using intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). We audited the current use of radiotherapy in UK cancer centres for the treatment of anal cancer against such guidance. We describe the acute toxicity of IMRT in comparison with patient population in the audit treated with two-phase conformal radiotherapy and the previous published data from two-phase conformal radiotherapy, in the UK ACT2 trial. A Royal College of Radiologists' prospective national audit of patients treated with radiotherapy in UK cancer centres was carried out over a 6 month period between February and July 2015. Two hundred and forty-two cases were received from 40/56 cancer centres (71%). In total, 231 (95%) underwent full dose radiotherapy with prophylactic nodal irradiation. Of these, 180 (78%) received IMRT or equivalent, 52 (22%) two-phase conformal (ACT2) technique. The number of interruptions in radiotherapy treatment in the ACT2 trial was 15%. Interruptions were noted in 7% (95% confidence interval 0-14%) of courses receiving two-phase conformal and 4% (95% confidence interval 1-7%) of those receiving IMRT. The percentage of patients completing the planned radiotherapy dose, irrelevant of gaps, was 90% (95% confidence interval 82-98%) and 96% (95% confidence interval 93-99%), in two-phase conformal and IMRT respectively. The toxicity reported in the ACT2 trial, in patients receiving two-phase conformal in the audit and in patients receiving IMRT in the audit was: any toxic effect 71%, 54%, 48%, non-haematological 62%, 49%, 40% and haematological 26%, 13%, 18%, respectively. IMRT implementation for anal cancer is well underway in the UK with most patients receiving IMRT delivery, although its usage is not yet universal. This audit confirms that IMRT results in reduced acute toxicity and minimised treatment interruptions in comparison with previous two-phase conformal techniques. Copyright © 2016 The Royal College of Radiologists. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

25 CFR 1000.21 - When does a Tribe/Consortium have a “material audit exception”?

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2014-04-01

... 25 Indians 2 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false When does a Tribe/Consortium have a âmaterial audit... SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ACT Selection of Additional Tribes for Participation in Tribal Self-Governance Eligibility § 1000.21 When does a Tribe/Consortium have a “material audit exception”? A Tribe...

25 CFR 1000.21 - When does a Tribe/Consortium have a “material audit exception”?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... 25 Indians 2 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false When does a Tribe/Consortium have a âmaterial audit... SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ACT Selection of Additional Tribes for Participation in Tribal Self-Governance Eligibility § 1000.21 When does a Tribe/Consortium have a “material audit exception”? A Tribe...

20 CFR 668.850 - What audit requirements apply to INA grants?

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2010-04-01

... 20 Employees' Benefits 3 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false What audit requirements apply to INA grants? 668.850 Section 668.850 Employees' Benefits EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT Administrative Requirements § 668.850 What audit requirements...

18 CFR 349.1 - Notice to audited person.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Notice to audited person. 349.1 Section 349.1 Conservation of Power and Water Resources FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REGULATIONS UNDER THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT DISPOSITION OF CONTESTED AUDIT FINDINGS AND PROPOSED REMEDIES § 349.1 Notice to...

Audits of hazardous waste TSDFs let generators sleep easy. [Hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facility

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Carr, F.H.

1990-02-01

Because of the increasingly strict enforcement of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), generators of hazardous waste are compelled to investigate the hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facility (TSDF) they use. This investigation must include an environmental and a financial audit. Simple audits may be performed by the hazardous waste generator, while more thorough ones such as those performed for groups of generators are more likely to be conducted by environmental consultants familiar with treatment, storage, and disposal techniques and the regulatory framework that guides them.

7 CFR 1291.11 - Audit requirements.

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2011-01-01

... PROGRAM-FARM BILL § 1291.11 Audit requirements. Each year that a State receives a grant under the SCBGP-FB, the State is required to conduct an audit of the expenditures of SCBGP-FB funds. If the Single Audit... audit of all SCBGP-FB funds no later than 60 days after the end date of the grant agreement. The State...

7 CFR 1291.11 - Audit requirements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... PROGRAM-FARM BILL § 1291.11 Audit requirements. Each year that a State receives a grant under the SCBGP-FB, the State is required to conduct an audit of the expenditures of SCBGP-FB funds. If the Single Audit... audit of all SCBGP-FB funds no later than 60 days after the end date of the grant agreement. The State...

7 CFR 1291.11 - Audit requirements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... PROGRAM-FARM BILL § 1291.11 Audit requirements. Each year that a State receives a grant under the SCBGP-FB, the State is required to conduct an audit of the expenditures of SCBGP-FB funds. If the Single Audit... audit of all SCBGP-FB funds no later than 60 days after the end date of the grant agreement. The State...

7 CFR 1291.11 - Audit requirements.

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2013-01-01

... PROGRAM-FARM BILL § 1291.11 Audit requirements. Each year that a State receives a grant under the SCBGP-FB, the State is required to conduct an audit of the expenditures of SCBGP-FB funds. If the Single Audit... audit of all SCBGP-FB funds no later than 60 days after the end date of the grant agreement. The State...

75 FR 22595 - Sunshine Act Notices

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... (NDRT), by Marc E. Elias and Kate S. Keane of Perkins Coie LLP, counsel. Report of the Audit Division on the Tennessee Democratic Party (TDP). Report of the Audit Division on Friends for Menor Committee...

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... States Code, as provided in subsection 1706(h)(3) of the United States Institute of Peace Act, Public Law... Management, Budget and Congress; Audit and Finance Committee FY 2011 Audit Report; National Peace Essay...

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... audit report on the Technology Initiatives Grants (``TIG'') program.\\1\\/ \\1\\ Any portion of the closed... Inspector General's audit report regarding the Technology Initiatives Grants (``TIG'') program. 9. Consider...

77 FR 45721 - Consolidated Audit Trail

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2012-08-01

...The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is adopting Rule 613 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'' or ``Act'') to require national securities exchanges and national securities associations (``self-regulatory organizations'' or ``SROs'') to submit a national market system (``NMS'') plan to create, implement, and maintain a consolidated order tracking system, or consolidated audit trail, with respect to the trading of NMS securities, that would capture customer and order event information for orders in NMS securities, across all markets, from the time of order inception through routing, cancellation, modification, or execution.

Making the Pack the Hero, Tobacco Industry Response to Marketing Restrictions in the UK: Findings from a Long-Term Audit

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Moodie, Crawford; Hastings, Gerard B.

2011-01-01

The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act (TAPA), introduced between 2003 and 2005 in the UK, prohibits all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. Packaging, however, is not covered in the Act. Two strands of a long-term audit (trade press review and panel of smokers) are examined to monitor change in tobacco packaging from January 2002…

Notification: Audit of the CSB's compliance with the FISMA

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May 19, 2014. The EPA OIG plans to begin fieldwork for an audit of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's (CSB's) compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).

Accounting Control Technology Using SAP: A Case-Based Approach

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Ragan, Joseph; Puccio, Christopher; Talisesky, Brandon

2014-01-01

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) revolutionized the accounting and audit industry. The use of preventative and process controls to evaluate the continuous audit process done via an SAP ERP ECC 6.0 system is key to compliance with SOX and managing costs. This paper can be used in a variety of ways to discuss issues associated with auditing and testing…

2 CFR Appendix D to Part 225 - Public Assistance Cost Allocation Plans

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

...), Medicaid, Food Stamps, Child Support Enforcement, Adoption Assistance and Foster Care, and Social Services... funding agencies, single audits, or audits conducted by the cognizant audit agency. 2. Where inappropriate...

78 FR 8193 - Sunshine Act Meeting; Audit Committee Meeting of the Board of Directors

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2013-02-05

... Corporate Secretary (202) 220-2376; [email protected] . AGENDA: I. Call to Order II. External Auditors' Presentation III. Executive Session with External Auditors IV. Executive Session: Audit Committee V. Executive...

Environmental trends

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Levin, M.; Smith, K.W.

1990-05-01

This article discusses Superfund's Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986; specifically, the provisions for release from liability for cleanup of contaminated property. These provisions are based on proof of innocence of prior knowledge before acquisition of the property. However, it appears that there are real problems in the determination of the level of inquiry necessary in good-faith site audits. Criminal penalties for knowing violations of permits or knowing releases of certain air emissions in the pending Clean Air Act may discourage sources from acquiring corrective knowledge through environmental audits. EPA's developing Enforcement for the 1990's project may seek to makemore » the absence of audit systems evidence of bad faith for general penalty purposes under the Agency's statutes.« less

School Improvement Grants: Selected States Generally Awarded Funds Only to Eligible Schools. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Final Audit Report. ED-OIG/A05L0002

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US Department of Education, 2012

2012-01-01

This final audit report covers the results of the review of five State educational agencies' monitoring plans and awarding processes for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and regular School Improvement Grants funds that the State educational agencies awarded for fiscal year 2009 (for use during school year 2010-2011). The objectives…

The impact of RAC audits on US hospitals.

PubMed

Harrison, Jeffrey P; Barksdale, Rachel M

2013-01-01

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) authorized a three-year demonstration program using recovery audit contractors (RACs) to identify and correct improper payments in the Medicare Fee-For-Service program. More recently, Section 6411 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded the RAC program to include the Medicaid program. This shows the Cent ers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) believe RAC audits are a cost-effective method to ensure health care providers are paid correctly and thereby protect the Medicare Trust Fund. RAC audits are highly complex and require significant manpower to handle the large volume of requests received during a short period of time. Additionally, the RAC audit appeal process is complicated and requires a high level of technical expertise. The demonstration project found that RAC audits resulted in sizeable amounts of overpayments collected ("take-backs") from many providers. This research study assesses the potential impact of the RAC audit program on US acute care hospitals. Data obtained from CMS show that RAC overpayments collected for FY 2010 were $75.4 million, increased to $797.4 million in FY 2011, and increased to $986.2 million in the first six months of FY 2012. According to the American Hospital Association (AHA) RACTrac audit survey, the vast majority of these collections represent complex denials where hospitals are required to provide medical record documents in support of their billed claims. This study found that the RAC audit program collections are increasing significantly over time. As a result, these collections are having a significant negative impact on the profitability of US hospitals.

Suicide Awareness

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77 FR 6595 - Notice of Sunshine Act Meeting; Audit Committee of the Board of Directors

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..., Assistant Corporate Secretary (202) 220-2376; [email protected] . AGENDA: I. CALL TO ORDER II. External Auditor's Presentation III. Executive Session with External Auditors IV. Executive Session with Internal Audit Director V...

78 FR 20696 - NASA Advisory Council; Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee; Meeting

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...In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee of the NASA Advisory Council.

75 FR 41240 - NASA Advisory Council; Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee; Meeting.

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...In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee of the NASA Advisory Council.

76 FR 20717 - NASA Advisory Council; Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee; Meeting

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...In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee of the NASA Advisory Council.

76 FR 64112 - NASA Advisory Council; Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee; Meeting.

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...In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee of the NASA Advisory Council.

77 FR 67677 - NASA Advisory Council; Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee; Meeting

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2012-11-13

...In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee of the NASA Advisory Council.

78 FR 72718 - NASA Advisory Council; Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee; Meeting

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2013-12-03

...In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee of the NASA Advisory Council.

77 FR 9997 - NASA Advisory Council; Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee; Meeting

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2012-02-21

...In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee of the NASA Advisory Council.

2 CFR Appendix D to Part 225 - Public Assistance Cost Allocation Plans

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... Foster Care, and Social Services Block Grant. B. Definitions. 1. “State public assistance agency” means a... reviews by the funding agencies, single audits, or audits conducted by the cognizant audit agency. 2...

ACTS data center

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Syed, Ali; Vogel, Wolfhard J.

1993-01-01

Viewgraphs on ACTS Data Center status report are included. Topics covered include: ACTS Data Center Functions; data flow overview; PPD flow; RAW data flow; data compression; PPD distribution; RAW Data Archival; PPD Audit; and data analysis.

Preventing Abuse and Neglect

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77 FR 59014 - Sunshine Act Meeting; Notice

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2012-09-25

... the meetings of the Institutional Advancement Committee and the Audit Committee, which will run... Eastern Daylight Time. ** The meeting of the Institutional Advancement Committee will run concurrently.... Institutional Advancement Committee** 5. Audit Committee Monday, October 1, 2012 1. Promotion & Provision for...

Privacy Act System of Records: Office of the Inspector General AutoAudit, EPA-50

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Learn more about the Office of the Inspector General AutoAudit System, including who is covered in the system, the purpose of data collection, routine uses for the system's records, and other security procedures.

77 FR 38679 - NASA Advisory Council; Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee; Meeting

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2012-06-28

...In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC).

Completing the audit cycle: the outcomes of audits in mental health services.

PubMed

Balogh, R; Bond, S

2001-04-01

To assess how far those UK National Health Service mental health settings that tested, and prior to publication, used the Newcastle Clinical Audit Toolkit for Mental Health (NCAT) completed the audit cycle. Twelve clinical audit project reports, each focused on one of the five modules in the NCAT, from four rounds of activity over a 2-year period; clinical and managerial staff in the settings where audit projects had taken place. Interviews with audit project team members about the recommendations of the 12 audit project reports and about contextual issues; all projects had reported at least 2 years previously. In analysing the audit project outcomes, five categories of inaction were discernible and five further categories were needed to describe varying states of progress. It was necessary to discriminate between actions attributed to the NCAT audit projects and actions attributed mainly to other initiatives. In total, 26.4% of audit recommendations were still under discussion or in progress. A relatively low proportion of recommendations from audit report findings (34.7%) had been implemented, and these were divided almost equally between recommendations attributed to the NCAT projects (38) and those attributed to other initiatives in the organization (37). Investigation of the medium-term outcomes of clinical audit projects has provided an insight into what might usefully be termed the process of completing the audit cycle. The time-scales required to reach the point at which action is deemed to have been implemented or not may be as long as 3 years. Conceptualizing the action stage of the cycle as a single discrete event fails to do justice to the complexity of the process, and attributing the implementation of change in clinical settings to single causes such as individual audit projects is problematic.

28 CFR 115.402 - Auditor qualifications.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Auditor qualifications. 115.402 Section 115.402 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Auditing and Corrective Action § 115.402 Auditor qualifications. (a) An audit shall be conducted...

28 CFR 115.402 - Auditor qualifications.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Auditor qualifications. 115.402 Section 115.402 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Auditing and Corrective Action § 115.402 Auditor qualifications. (a) An audit shall be conducted...

28 CFR 115.402 - Auditor qualifications.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Auditor qualifications. 115.402 Section 115.402 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS Auditing and Corrective Action § 115.402 Auditor qualifications. (a) An audit shall be conducted...

76 FR 11465 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

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... separate systems of records: ``FHFA-OIG Audit Files Database,'' ``FHFA-OIG Investigative & Evaluative Files Database,'' ``FHFA-OIG Investigative & Evaluative MIS Database,'' and ``FHFA-OIG Hotline Database.'' These... Audit Files Database. FHFA-OIG-2: FHFA-OIG Investigative & Evaluative Files Database. FHFA-OIG-3: FHFA...

75 FR 25313 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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... (Financial Statement) reviewed or audited by an independent certified public accountant; (ii) Single Audit A... financial statement that has been audited by an independent certified public accountant; (ii) an ILR... of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and...

17 CFR 210.2-07 - Communication with audit committees.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... FORM AND CONTENT OF AND REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940, AND ENERGY POLICY... to be used; (2) All alternative treatments within Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for...

17 CFR 210.2-07 - Communication with audit committees.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... FORM AND CONTENT OF AND REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940, AND ENERGY POLICY... to be used; (2) All alternative treatments within Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for...

17 CFR 210.2-07 - Communication with audit committees.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... FORM AND CONTENT OF AND REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940, AND ENERGY POLICY... to be used; (2) All alternative treatments within Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for...

The Effect of Anesthetic Technique on Recovery After Orthognathic Surgery: A Retrospective Audit

PubMed Central

Chegini, Soudeh; Johnston, Kevin D; Kalantzis, Athanasios; Dhariwal, Daljit K

2012-01-01

We audited the recovery characteristics of 51 patients who had undergone orthognathic maxillofacial surgery at a single center. Patients whose anesthesia had been maintained with intravenous propofol and remifentanil (n  =  21) had significantly higher pain scores during the first 4 hours after surgery than those whose anesthesia was maintained with volatile inhalational agents and longer-acting opioids (n  =  30) (P  =  .016). There was a nonsignificant trend towards shorter recovery times in the former group, while there were no differences in early postoperative opioid usage, hemodynamic parameters, or postoperative nausea and vomiting . Given that our data were collected retrospectively and without the ability to control for potential confounders, we interpret the results with caution. Notwithstanding these limitations, we believe this is the first report comparing the effects of different opioid-based anesthetic regimens on early recovery from orthognathic surgery, and we believe this report may be used as the starting point for a controlled study. PMID:22822993

Notification: Audit of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Implementation of Do Not Pay Requirements

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Project #OA-FY13-0391, August 26, 2013. The EPA's OIG plans to begin preliminary research for an audit ofthe agency's implementation ofthe Do Not Pay requirements outlined in the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012.

75 FR 4108 - Sunshine Act Meeting Notice; Board of Directors and Five Committees of the Board

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2010-01-26

..., Chief Administrative Officer. 8. Inspector General briefing. Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General. 9..., Treasurer & Comptroller. Comments by Charles Jeffress, Chief Administrative Officer. 5. Presentation on LSC... (FY) 2009 Annual Financial Audit. Ronald ``Dutch'' Merryman, Assistant Inspector General for Audits...

78 FR 41804 - NASA Advisory Council; Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee; Meeting.

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2013-07-11

...In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Committee reports to the NAC.

42 CFR 124.513 - Public facility compliance alternative.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... if not received, claimed, as reimbursement under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act... certified audit, conducted in accordance with procedures specified by the Secretary, of the facility's records maintained pursuant to § 124.510. If the audit establishes to the Secretary's satisfaction that no...

42 CFR 124.513 - Public facility compliance alternative.

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2011-10-01

... if not received, claimed, as reimbursement under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act... certified audit, conducted in accordance with procedures specified by the Secretary, of the facility's records maintained pursuant to § 124.510. If the audit establishes to the Secretary's satisfaction that no...

75 FR 55330 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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2010-09-10

... physician self-referral prohibition in section 1877 of the Social Security Act for certain arrangements in... providing services or furnishing items under Medicaid; conducting audits of claims submitted for payment... Information Collection: State Plan Preprint for Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs); Use: Under section...

76 FR 24922 - National Science Board; Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice

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... CTAM Camp Update on Outreach Activities Committee on Audit and Oversight (A&O) Open Session 9 a.m.-10... Transmittal Inspector General's Update FY 2011 Financial Statement Audit Chief Financial Officer's Update... CEH STEM Education Priority ``Action Items'' Strategic Planning for the NSF Education Portfolio...

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... hearing to receive presentations on the following topic: Voting System Pre-Election Logic and Accuracy... voting system pre- election logic and accuracy testing and post-election audit grants may send a request... mail): Grants: Logic/Accuracy/Audits. Please note that these comments will be made available to the...

Successful control of intractable nausea and vomiting requiring combined ondansetron and haloperidol in a patient with advanced cancer.

PubMed

Cole, R M; Robinson, F; Harvey, L; Trethowan, K; Murdoch, V

1994-01-01

Chemically induced nausea and vomiting is a common symptom of advanced cancer effected through stimulation of dopamine (D2) or serotonin (5-HT3) receptors located in the chemoreceptor trigger zone (CTZ). These may be blocked by therapeutic doses of haloperidol and ondansetron, respectively. This case, reporting on a single patient acting as her own control, establishes that combined blockade of these receptors is sometimes required to relieve intractable nausea and vomiting. It also demonstrates the value of clinical review, audit of care, and quality assurance in the palliative care setting.

Report: McGladrey & Pullen, LLP Single Audit of Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, Inc., for Year Ended December 31, 2003

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

Report #2005-S-00006, June 28, 2005. McGladrey & Pullen’s audit work met generally accepted government auditing standards and the requirements in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133 and its related supplements.

Notification: Audit of EPA’s Protection of Systems With Access to National Security or Personally Identifiable Information

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

Project #OA-FY16-0126, March 14, 2016. The EPA OIG plans to begin fieldwork for an audit of the EPA’s compliance with the mandated “Inspector General Report on Covered Systems,” as outlined in the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.

75 FR 78779 - Order Approving Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Supplemental Budget Request To...

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2010-12-16

...; Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Release No. 63526/December 10, 2010] Order Approving Public Company... Company Accounting Oversight Board (the ``PCAOB'') to oversee the audits of companies and related matters..., subject to approval by the Commission, auditing and related attestation, quality control, ethics, and...

SUNY Management Flexibility Program. Program Audit.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

New York State Legislative Commission on Expenditure Review, Albany.

This audit assesses implementation of the University Operating Flexibility Act by the State University of New York (SUNY). The legislation was designed to give SUNY more autonomy to make daily operating decisions, in order that SUNY could better compete with other major higher education institutions nationwide. The legislation empowered SUNY to…

Library Kiosks: A Balancing Act

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Aegard, Joanna

2010-01-01

In 2009, the author spearheaded the Thunder Bay Public Library's (TBPL) service audit on kiosks. A task force comprising staff from the children's, reference, and adult services departments was formed to work on the audit. Task force members worked together and studied how patrons and staff use kiosks, conducted a literature review, surveyed other…

18 CFR 41.1 - Notice to audited person.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 1 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false Notice to audited person. 41.1 Section 41.1 Conservation of Power and Water Resources FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT ACCOUNTS, RECORDS, MEMORANDA AND DISPOSITION OF...

18 CFR 41.1 - Notice to audited person.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Notice to audited person. 41.1 Section 41.1 Conservation of Power and Water Resources FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT ACCOUNTS, RECORDS, MEMORANDA AND DISPOSITION OF...

18 CFR 41.1 - Notice to audited person.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 1 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Notice to audited person. 41.1 Section 41.1 Conservation of Power and Water Resources FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT ACCOUNTS, RECORDS, MEMORANDA AND DISPOSITION OF...

18 CFR 41.1 - Notice to audited person.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Notice to audited person. 41.1 Section 41.1 Conservation of Power and Water Resources FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT ACCOUNTS, RECORDS, MEMORANDA AND DISPOSITION OF...

18 CFR 41.1 - Notice to audited person.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 1 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false Notice to audited person. 41.1 Section 41.1 Conservation of Power and Water Resources FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT ACCOUNTS, RECORDS, MEMORANDA AND DISPOSITION OF...

45 CFR 201.15 - Deferral of claims for Federal financial participation.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... SERVICES GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Review and Audits § 201.15 Deferral of claims for... (AABD), of the Social Security Act. (b) Definitions. (1) Deferral Action means the process of suspending... audit exception or financial management review. If a subsequent disallowance should occur, the State...

45 CFR 201.15 - Deferral of claims for Federal financial participation.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... SERVICES GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Review and Audits § 201.15 Deferral of claims for... (AABD), of the Social Security Act. (b) Definitions. (1) Deferral Action means the process of suspending... audit exception or financial management review. If a subsequent disallowance should occur, the State...

78 FR 53005 - Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund...

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2013-08-27

...) reviewed or audited by an independent certified public accountant; (ii) Single Audit A-133 (if applicable... has been audited by an independent certified public accountant; (ii) an ILR (including the IRS... general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on continuing information...

Alaska Power Administration combined financial statements, schedules and supplemental reports, September 30, 1995 and 1994

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

NONE

1995-12-31

This report presents the results of the independent certified public accountant`s audit of the Department of Energy`s Alaska Power Administration`s (Alaska) financial statements as of September 30, 1995. The auditors have expressed an unqualified opinion on the 1995 statements. Their reports on Alaska`s internal control structure and on compliance with laws and regulations are also provided. The Alaska Power Administration operates and maintains two hydroelectric projects that include five generator units, three power tunnels and penstocks, and over 88 miles of transmission line. Additional information about Alaska Power Administration is provided in the notes to the financial statements. The 1995more » financial statement audit was made under the provisions of the Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), as amended, the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act (31 U.S.C. 1500), and Office of Management and Budget implementing guidance to the CFO Act. The auditor`s work was conducted in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. To fulfill the audit responsibilities, the authors contracted with the independent public accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick (KPMG) to conduct the audit for us, subject to review. The auditor`s report on Alaska`s internal control structure disclosed no reportable conditions that could have a material effect on the financial statements. The auditor also considered the overview and performance measure data for completeness and material consistency with the basic financial statements, as noted in the internal control report. The auditor`s report on compliance with laws and regulations disclosed no instances of noncompliance by Alaska.« less

A ’Single Audit’ Model for Federal Credit Unions.

DTIC Science & Technology

1981-06-01

role of internal auditing in appraising the performance of management and the basic knowledge an internal auditor must possess. The last section of...the separate phases of a per- formance audit are explained as well as the role of the auditor in each phase. 1. Defining the Audit Objective Auditors ...Additionally, the auditor must review each investment to determine if security and liquidity requirements are maintained. (2) Planning Role . The

2 CFR 200.513 - Responsibilities.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... notice of the change to the FAC, the auditee, and, if known, the auditor. The cognizant agency for audit... agency for audit must provide notice of the change to the FAC, the auditee, and, if known, the auditor...; providing input on single audit and follow-up policy; enhancing the utility of the FAC; and studying ways to...

31 CFR 205.9 - What is included in a Treasury-State agreement?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... subpart A, consistent with §§ 205.3 and 205.4. A State must use its most recent Single Audit report as a... period instead of Single Audit data, if specified in the Treasury-State agreement. (c) Funding techniques... (Continued) FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR...

78 FR 16856 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Public Comment Request

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2013-03-19

... attitudes towards the audit overall and in regards to major audit program features, such as the document... DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary [Document Identifier: HHS-OS-19129... Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services...

A Proposed Supplemental Teaching Model for Enhancing Students' Understanding of Sarbanes Oxley

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Specht, James; Kagan, Albert; Maanum, Scott D.

2009-01-01

The Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 brought about major changes in how accounting firms conduct audits of publicly traded companies. Corporate officials have additional responsibilities in the areas of internal controls and financial reports. In addition there is a new organization responsible for established auditing standards for publicly traded…

41 CFR 105-55.018 - Exemptions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... under, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); the Social Security Act (42... arising from the audit of transportation accounts pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3726 will be determined, collected.... 3726 (see 41 CFR part 101-41, administered by the Director, Office of Transportation Audits) and are...

78 FR 42957 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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2013-07-18

... Drug Coverage; Use: Section 1860D-4(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, requires that Part D plan... and D Universal Audit Guide; Use: Under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization... requirements. In 2010 the explosive growth of these sponsoring organizations forced us to develop an audit...

41 CFR 105-55.018 - Exemptions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... under, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); the Social Security Act (42... arising from the audit of transportation accounts pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3726 will be determined, collected.... 3726 (see 41 CFR part 101-41, administered by the Director, Office of Transportation Audits) and are...

29 CFR 71.50 - General exemptions pursuant to subsection (j) of the Privacy Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... (Investigative Case Tracking Systems/Audit Information Reporting Systems, USDOL/OIG), a system of records... ACCESS TO RECORDS UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 Exemption of Records Systems Under the Privacy Act § 71.50 General exemptions pursuant to subsection (j) of the Privacy Act. (a) The following systems of...

Comparing Resident Self-Report to Chart Audits for Quality Improvement Projects: Accurate Reflection or Cherry-Picking?

PubMed Central

Kuperman, Ethan F.; Tobin, Kristen; Kraschnewski, Jennifer L.

2014-01-01

Background Resident engagement in quality improvement is a requirement for graduate medical education, but the optimal means of instruction and evaluation of resident progress remain unknown. Objective To determine the accuracy of self-reported chart audits in measuring resident adherence to primary care clinical practice guidelines. Methods During the 2010–2011 academic year, second- and third-year internal medicine residents at a single, university hospital–based program performed chart audits on 10 patients from their primary care clinic to determine adherence to 16 US Preventive Services Task Force primary care guidelines. We compared residents' responses to independent audits of randomly selected patient charts by a single external reviewer. Results Self-reported data were collected by 18 second-year and 15 third-year residents for 330 patients. Independently, 70 patient charts were randomly selected for review by an external auditor. Overall guideline compliance was significantly higher on self-reported audits compared to external audits (82% versus 68%, P < .001). Of 16 guidelines, external audits found significantly lower rates of adherence for 5 (tetanus vaccination, osteoporosis screening, colon cancer screening, cholesterol screening, and obesity screening). Chlamydia screening was more common in audited charts than in self-reported data. Although third-year residents self-reported higher guideline adherence than second-year residents (86% versus 78%, P < .001), external audits for third-year residents found lower overall adherence (64% versus 72%, P  =  .040). Conclusions Residents' self-reported chart audits may significantly overestimate guideline adherence. Increased supervision and independent review appear necessary to accurately evaluate resident performance. PMID:26140117

Comparing Resident Self-Report to Chart Audits for Quality Improvement Projects: Accurate Reflection or Cherry-Picking?

PubMed

Kuperman, Ethan F; Tobin, Kristen; Kraschnewski, Jennifer L

2014-12-01

Resident engagement in quality improvement is a requirement for graduate medical education, but the optimal means of instruction and evaluation of resident progress remain unknown. To determine the accuracy of self-reported chart audits in measuring resident adherence to primary care clinical practice guidelines. During the 2010-2011 academic year, second- and third-year internal medicine residents at a single, university hospital-based program performed chart audits on 10 patients from their primary care clinic to determine adherence to 16 US Preventive Services Task Force primary care guidelines. We compared residents' responses to independent audits of randomly selected patient charts by a single external reviewer. Self-reported data were collected by 18 second-year and 15 third-year residents for 330 patients. Independently, 70 patient charts were randomly selected for review by an external auditor. Overall guideline compliance was significantly higher on self-reported audits compared to external audits (82% versus 68%, P < .001). Of 16 guidelines, external audits found significantly lower rates of adherence for 5 (tetanus vaccination, osteoporosis screening, colon cancer screening, cholesterol screening, and obesity screening). Chlamydia screening was more common in audited charts than in self-reported data. Although third-year residents self-reported higher guideline adherence than second-year residents (86% versus 78%, P < .001), external audits for third-year residents found lower overall adherence (64% versus 72%, P  =  .040). Residents' self-reported chart audits may significantly overestimate guideline adherence. Increased supervision and independent review appear necessary to accurately evaluate resident performance.

Audit of the proposed sale of Alaska Power Administration

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Not Available

1992-03-16

The Department of Energy (Department) has proposed selling the Alaska Power Administration (APA) to the state of Alaska and local utility purchasers. In early 1992 Congress received the Department's current proposed sale legislation. The objective of this audit was to determine whether the terms of the proposed sale of APA would protect the financial interests of the US taxpayers. The audit showed that issues raised by the General Accounting Office (GAO) as late as 1990 and in prior years remain relevant to the current consideration of the sale of APA. Further, we found that a decision had been made tomore » dispose of APA without following the requirements of the Property Act. We pointed out to the Department in informal conversations that the proposed sale appeared subject to the provisions of the Property Act. Subsequently, the Department modified its draft legislative proposal to include language designed to exclude the sale from the requirements of the Property Act. Due to divergent opinions regarding the proposed sale of APA, we believe the Department should fully inform the Congress, during its deliberative process, as to the issues raised above.« less

Primary care validation of a single screening question for drinkers.

PubMed

Seale, J Paul; Boltri, John M; Shellenberger, Sylvia; Velasquez, Mary M; Cornelius, Monica; Guyinn, Monique; Okosun, Ike; Sumner, Heather

2006-09-01

The aim of this study was to conduct a primary care validation study of a single screening question for alcohol misuse ("When was the last time you had more than X drinks in 1 day?," where X was four for women and X was five for men), which was previously validated in a study conducted in emergency departments. This cross-sectional study was accomplished by interviewing 625 male and female adult drinkers who presented to five southeastern primary care practices. Patients answered the single question (coded as within 3 months, within 12 months, ever, or never), Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), and AUDIT consumption questions (AUDIT-C). Alcohol misuse was defined as either at-risk drinking, identified by a 29-day Timeline Followback interview or a current (past-year) alcohol-use disorder by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, criteria, or both. Among 625 drinkers interviewed, 25.6% were at-risk drinkers, 21.7% had a current alcohol- use disorder, and 35.2% had either or both conditions. Considering "within the last 3 months" as positive, the sensitivity of the single question was 80% and the specificity was 74%. Chi-square analyses revealed similar sensitivity across ethnic and gender groups; however, specificity was higher in women and whites (p = .0187 and .0421, respectively). Considering "within the last 12 months" as positive increased the question's sensitivity, especially for those with alcohol-use disorders. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the single alcohol screening question (0.79) was slightly lower than for the AUDIT and AUDIT-C, but sensitivity and specificity were similar. A single question about the last episode of heavy drinking is a sensitive, time-efficient screening instrument that shows promise for increasing alcohol screening in primary care practices.

17 CFR 210.2-07 - Communication with audit committees.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... FORM AND CONTENT OF AND REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, SECURITIES..., INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940, AND ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT OF 1975 Qualifications and Reports of... critical accounting policies and practices to be used; (2) All alternative treatments within Generally...

A Multicentre Audit of Single-Use Surgical Instruments (SUSI) for Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy

PubMed Central

O'Flynn, P; Silva, S; Kothari, P; Persaud, R

2007-01-01

INTRODUCTION Prions are resistant to conventional sterilisation procedures and, therefore, could be transmitted iatrogenically through re-usable adenoid and tonsil surgical instruments. Using disposable instruments would avoid the risk of transmission. We present the results of a complete audit loop using BBraun single-use surgical instruments (SUSI). PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a prospective multicentre audit. Surgeons were asked to fill in a standardised questionnaire recording details including postoperative complications, and evaluation of each piece of equipment compared with their own experience of conventional re-usable instruments. In the first cycle, constructive criticisms of the instruments were noted and the manufacturers modified the instruments accordingly. A second cycle of audit was subsequently undertaken. RESULTS A total of 86 patients were audited in the first cycle and 97 in the second cycle. Postoperative haemorrhage rate for both cycles was well within acceptable range. In the first audit cycle, surgeons generally found the Draffin rods, Boyle-Davis gag and bipolar diathermy forceps of poor quality and difficult to use. These were redesigned and, on repeat evaluation during the second audit cycle, were found to be just as good, if not better, than the re-usable instruments. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that SUSI may be just as good as re-usable instruments. Furthermore, they may be more cost effective. PMID:18201478

Environmental Audit of the Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML)

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Not Available

1992-02-01

This document contains the findings identified during the Environmental Audit of the Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML), conducted from December 2 to 13, 1991. The Audit included the EML facility located in a fifth-floor General Services Administration (GSA) office building located in New York City, and a remote environmental monitoring station located in Chester, New Jersey. The scope of this Environmental Audit was comprehensive, covering all areas of environmental activities and waste management operations, with the exception of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which is the responsibility of the DOE Headquarters Office of NEPA Oversight. Compliance with applicable Federal, state,more » and local requirements; applicable DOE Orders; and internal facility requirements was addressed.« less

Medicaid Integrity Program; eligible entity and contracting requirements for the Medicaid Integrity audit program. Final rule.

PubMed

2008-09-26

Section 1936 of the Social Security Act (the Act) (as added by section 6034 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) established the Medicaid Integrity Program to promote the integrity of the Medicaid program by requiring CMS to enter into contracts with eligible entities to: (1) Review the actions of individuals or entities furnishing items or services (whether on a fee-for-service, risk, or other basis) for which payment may be made under an approved State plan and/or any waiver of such plan approved under section 1115 of the Act; (2) audit claims for payment of items or services furnished, or administrative services rendered, under a State plan; (3) identify overpayments to individuals or entities receiving Federal funds; and (4) educate providers of services, managed care entities, beneficiaries, and other individuals with respect to payment integrity and quality of care. This final rule will provide requirements for an eligible entity to enter into a contract under the Medicaid integrity audit program. The final rule will also establish the contracting requirements for eligible entities. The requirements will include procedures for identifying, evaluating, and resolving organizational conflicts of interest that are generally applicable to Federal acquisition and procurement; competitive procedures to be used; and procedures under which a contract may be renewed.

Privacy and Security in Multi-User Health Kiosks

PubMed Central

TAKYI, HAROLD; WATZLAF, VALERIE; MATTHEWS, JUDITH TABOLT; ZHOU, LEMING; DEALMEIDA, DILHARI

2017-01-01

Enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) has gotten stricter and penalties have become more severe in response to a significant increase in computer-related information breaches in recent years. With health information said to be worth twice as much as other forms of information on the underground market, making preservation of privacy and security an integral part of health technology development, rather than an afterthought, not only mitigates risks but also helps to ensure HIPAA and HITECH compliance. This paper provides a guide, based on the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) audit protocol, for creating and maintaining an audit checklist for multi-user health kiosks. Implementation of selected audit elements for a multi-user health kiosk designed for use by community-residing older adults illustrates how the guide can be applied. PMID:28814990

Department of the Army - The Fiscal Year 2008 Military Personnel, Army Appropriation and the Antideficiency Act

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-06-22

of the Army, U.S. Army Audit Agency, Budgeting for the Military Personnel, Army Appropriation, Report No. A-2010-0028- FFM (Jan. 6, 2010); Department...of the Army, U.S. Army Audit Agency, Military Personnel, Army FY 05 Subsistence Charges, Report No. A-2008-0037- FFM (Feb. 12, 2008); Department of

77 FR 12365 - Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review: Submission of Audit Reports-Part 248

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-02-29

... independent public accountant. If a carrier does not have an annual audit, the carrier must file a statement... (BTS), DOT. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics invites the general public, industry and other...

78 FR 21631 - NASA Advisory Council; Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee; Meeting

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-04-11

...This is an amended version of NASA's earlier Federal Register Notice [13-043] published on April 5, 2013 [page 20696]. The dates and agenda for the meeting of the Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee of the NASA Advisory Council have been revised. The revised date and agenda are provided below. In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee of the NASA Advisory Council.

Report on Quality Control Review of the Raich Ende Malter & Co. LLP FY 2009 Single Audit of the Riverside Research Institute

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-03-07

compliance was based on a determination that 10 of the 14 compliance requirements were applicable to the Institute. However, the audit working papers...for all 14 of the compliance requirements were not adequate to support conclusions on applicability, internal control, and the audit opinion on...compliance with laws, regulations, and award provisions applicable to the R&D cluster program. In addition, the audit firm did not appropriately report an

77 FR 61027 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act

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2012-10-05

... Decree resolves alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act at mobile home... provide drinking water at a number of its mobile home parks and illegally discharged sewage, failed to... environmental audits at each mobile home park, implementing corrective measures, conducting regular inspections...

Clean Air Act Section 112(r) Inspection Guidance Distribution Memorandum

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

This memorandum issues and makes immediately effective the document, Guidance for Conducting Risk Management Program Inspections under Clean Air Act Section 112(r), which supersedes the 1999 document on auditing risk management plans/programs.

24 CFR 582.301 - Recordkeeping.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... observations if the HMIS retains an auditable history of all entries, including the person who entered the data....), the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), subtitle N of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42...

24 CFR 582.301 - Recordkeeping.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... observations if the HMIS retains an auditable history of all entries, including the person who entered the data....), the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), subtitle N of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42...

24 CFR 582.301 - Recordkeeping.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... observations if the HMIS retains an auditable history of all entries, including the person who entered the data....), the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), subtitle N of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42...

45 CFR 30.2. - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... program beneficiaries, contractors, providers, suppliers, and grantees; audit disallowance determinations.... Debts arising under the Social Security Act are overpayments to, or contributions, reimbursements, penalties or assessments owed by, any entity, individual, or State under the Social Security Act. Such...

45 CFR 30.2. - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... program beneficiaries, contractors, providers, suppliers, and grantees; audit disallowance determinations.... Debts arising under the Social Security Act are overpayments to, or contributions, reimbursements, penalties or assessments owed by, any entity, individual, or State under the Social Security Act. Such...

General practitioners and learning by audit

PubMed Central

Freeling, P.; Burton, R. H.

1982-01-01

The ways in which `medical audit' can be used in the continuing education of general practitioners are examined, and certain rules for the conduct of such education in small groups of peers are put forward. However, it proved impossible to evaluate the outcome of the educational exercise because those taking part refused to audit twice any single aspect of their daily work. PMID:7086756

Going-Private Decisions and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. A Cross-Country Analysis

DTIC Science & Technology

2005-09-01

the non- GAAP reconciliation requirement of Regulation G. Memoranda from law firms ...Association 2005). The national stock exchanges similarly toughened their corporate governance standards in 2003, requiring listed firms , among other things...Audit Committees Although stock exchanges had required listed firms to have audit committees long before the enactment of SOX, for most of that

26 CFR 301.7216-2 - Permissible disclosures or uses without consent of the taxpayer.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... social security number (SSN) to a tax return preparer located outside of the United States or any..., a member of an accounting firm, is conducting an audit of M Corporation, and B, a member of the same... invoices to M. B discloses this information to A who, acting upon it, searches in the course of the audit...

Report: Audit of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-Funded Cooperative Agreement 2S-96099601 Awarded to the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

Report #13-R-0206, Mar 28, 2013. Ollie Green & Company, the firm hired by the OIG to conduct the audit, found that IDEQ complied with Idaho’s state procurement policies and procedures, as required by 40 CFR §35.6550(a), which referenced 40 CFR §31.36(a).

75 FR 63204 - Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of Directors and Its Committees; Amended Notice; Changes to...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-10-14

... the Audit Committee. 14. Consider and act on the report of the Operations & Regulations Committee 15. Consider and act on the report of the Governance & Performance Review Committee. 16. Consider and act on..., 2010. Patricia D. Batie, Corporate Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010-26078 Filed 10-12-10; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE...

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING SYMPOSIUM: The Common Swine Industry Audit: Future steps to assure positive on-farm animal welfare utilizing validated, repeatable and feasible animal-based measures.

PubMed

Pairis-Garcia, M; Moeller, S J

2017-03-01

The Common Swine Industry Audit (CSIA) was developed and scientifically evaluated through the combined efforts of a task force consisting of university scientists, veterinarians, pork producers, packers, processers, and retail and food service personnel to provide stakeholders throughout the pork chain with a consistent, reliable, and verifiable system to ensure on-farm swine welfare and food safety. The CSIA tool was built from the framework of the Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA Plus) site assessment program with the purpose of developing a single, common audit platform for the U.S. swine industry. Twenty-seven key aspects of swine care are captured and evaluated in CSIA and cover the specific focal areas of animal records, animal observations, facilities, and caretakers. Animal-based measures represent approximately 50% of CSIA evaluation criteria and encompass critical failure criteria, including observation of willful acts of abuse and determination of timely euthanasia. Objective, science-based measures of animal well-being parameters (e.g., BCS, lameness, lesions, hernias) are assessed within CSIA using statistically validated sample sizes providing a detection ability of 1% with 95% confidence. The common CSIA platform is used to identify care issues and facilitate continuous improvement in animal care through a validated, repeatable, and feasible animal-based audit process. Task force members provide continual updates to the CSIA tool with a specific focus toward 1) identification and interpretation of appropriate animal-based measures that provide inherent value to pig welfare, 2) establishment of acceptability thresholds for animal-based measures, and 3) interpretation of CSIA data for use and improvement of welfare within the U.S. swine industry.

21 CFR 312.120 - Foreign clinical studies not conducted under an IND.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED) DRUGS FOR HUMAN USE INVESTIGATIONAL NEW DRUG APPLICATION Miscellaneous § 312... the act or section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (the PHS Act) (42 U.S.C. 262)) a well-designed... this section, GCP is defined as a standard for the design, conduct, performance, monitoring, auditing...

Audit of the proposed sale of Alaska Power Administration

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Not Available

1992-03-16

The Department of Energy (Department) has proposed selling the Alaska Power Administration (APA) to the state of Alaska and local utility purchasers. In early 1992 Congress received the Department`s current proposed sale legislation. The objective of this audit was to determine whether the terms of the proposed sale of APA would protect the financial interests of the US taxpayers. The audit showed that issues raised by the General Accounting Office (GAO) as late as 1990 and in prior years remain relevant to the current consideration of the sale of APA. Further, we found that a decision had been made tomore » dispose of APA without following the requirements of the Property Act. We pointed out to the Department in informal conversations that the proposed sale appeared subject to the provisions of the Property Act. Subsequently, the Department modified its draft legislative proposal to include language designed to exclude the sale from the requirements of the Property Act. Due to divergent opinions regarding the proposed sale of APA, we believe the Department should fully inform the Congress, during its deliberative process, as to the issues raised above.« less

76 FR 41306 - Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice

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DOD Financial Management: Greater Visibility Needed to Better Assess Audit Readiness for Property, Plant, and Equipment

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-05-01

with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and establish and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and compliance with... Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-16-383, a report to congressional committees May 2016 DOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Greater Visibility... Accounting Standards Advisory Board FIAR Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness IUS internal-use software NDAA National Defense Authorization Act

Federal Student Loan Programs: Opportunities Exist to Improve Audit Requirements and Oversight Procedures. Report to Congressional Committees. GAO-10-668

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Daly, Kay L.

2010-01-01

The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-315, mandated GAO (Government Accountability Office) to study the financial and compliance audits and reviews required or conducted for the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program and the Federal Direct Student Loan (DL) program. The Department of Education's (Education) Office of…

The Environmental Quality Act and the Belmont Learning Complex: A Breakdown in Process. A Special Report of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

California State Legislature, Sacramento. Joint Legislative Audit Committee.

The California legislature's Joint Legislative Audit Committee has issued a report concerning the Belmont Learning Complex (BLC) and the Los Angeles Unified School District's (LAUSD's) propensity for engaging in a series of school construction projects on contaminated land. The analysis suggests that the LAUSD was made aware of the BLC site's…

The Data Protection Act 1998: an audit of its effect on surgical trainees' practice.

PubMed

Webb, Jill B

2002-09-01

The Data Protection Act 1998 came into force in March 2000 and has significant implications on our normal practice. A survey of surgical specialist registrars was made to establish knowledge of the Act and adherence to its eight principles. Knowledge was patchy and adherence minimal, Simple guidelines are suggested to help juniors keep within the principles of the Act.

Evaluation of the organisation and effectiveness of internal audits to govern patient safety in hospitals: a mixed-methods study

PubMed Central

van Gelderen, Saskia C; Zegers, Marieke; Boeijen, Wilma; Westert, Gert P; Robben, Paul B; Wollersheim, Hub C

2017-01-01

Objectives Hospital boards are legally responsible for safe healthcare. They need tools to assist them in their task of governing patient safety. Almost every Dutch hospital performs internal audits, but the effectiveness of these audits for hospital governance has never been evaluated. The aim of this study is to evaluate the organisation of internal audits and their effectiveness for hospitals boards to govern patient safety. Design and setting A mixed-methods study consisting of a questionnaire regarding the organisation of internal audits among all Dutch hospitals (n=89) and interviews with stakeholders regarding the audit process and experienced effectiveness of audits within six hospitals. Results Response rate of the questionnaire was 76% and 43 interviews were held. In every responding hospital, the internal audits followed the plan–do–check–act cycle. Every hospital used interviews, document analysis and site visits as input for the internal audit. Boards stated that effective aspects of internal audits were their multidisciplinary scope, their structured and in-depth approach, the usability to monitor improvement activities and to change hospital policy and the fact that results were used in meetings with staff and boards of supervisors. The qualitative methods (interviews and site visits) used in internal audits enable the identification of soft signals such as unsafe culture or communication and collaboration problems. Reported disadvantages were the low frequency of internal audits and the absence of soft signals in the actual audit reports. Conclusion This study shows that internal audits are regarded as effective for patient safety governance, as they help boards to identify patient safety problems, proactively steer patient safety and inform boards of supervisors on the status of patient safety. The description of the Dutch internal audits makes these audits replicable to other healthcare organisations in different settings, enabling hospital boards to complement their systems to govern patient safety. PMID:28698328

76 FR 51064 - National Science Board; Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice

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Energy Optimization Audit at Humphreys Engineer Center

DTIC Science & Technology

2008-09-01

EPDM (ethylene propylene diene M- class [ rubber ]). Doors There are three pairs of doors to the interior terrace (Figure 6) and exit with a high...System EISA Energy Independence and Security Act EPAct Energy Policy Act EPDM EPDM (ethylene propylene diene M-class [ rubber ]) ERDC Engineer

75 FR 48996 - National Science Board; Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice

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Interpretation of medical information acts by UK occupational physicians.

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Batty, Lucia; Glozier, Nick; Holland-Elliott, Kevin

2009-05-01

Difficulties arise in applying the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988 in occupational health practice. There is no guidance on detailed aspects of applying these Acts in practice and consistent advice has proved difficult to obtain. To audit the understanding and practice of UK occupational physicians to see if a consensus view existed. A postal questionnaire sent to all UK-based Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) members between December 2005 and June 2006. Responses were analysed using the SPSS 13.0 software. Responses were received from 726 SOM members, a response rate of 48%. The study revealed wide variation and a limited consensus in practice. Significant differences existed between doctors with a Diploma in Occupational Medicine and those with higher Faculty qualifications, between part-time and full-time practitioners and between doctors who qualified pre- and post-1974. The audit revealed wide variation in responding to clinical scenarios in relation to both the Access to Medical Reports and the Data Protection Acts. The findings have implications for clinical practice, policy and research. The majority of respondents reported that national guidance is needed.

IEP: Developing Criteria for the Evaluation of Individualized Education Program Provisions. Exploring Issues in the Implementation of P.L. 94-142.

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LINC Resources, Inc., Columbus, OH.

Four papers address approaches to evaluate the implementation of the individualized education program (IEP) provisions of P.L. 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The papers are "Auditing the IEP System: A Self-Audit System for Use by Local Education Agencies" by Beth Stephens and Daniel Macy, which examines a 10-step…

Financial Audit: 1997 Consolidates Financial Statements of the United States Government

DTIC Science & Technology

1998-03-01

For the first time in the nation’s history, the federal government has prepared consolidated financial statements that have been subjected to an...independent audit. In accordance with the Chief Financial Officers Act, consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 1997 were prepared by the...affect the reliability of the consolidated financial statements and much of the underlying financial information. They also affect the government’s

24 CFR 576.500 - Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

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2014-04-01

... the HMIS retains an auditable history of all entries, including the person who entered the data, the....), the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), subtitle N of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42....), subtitle N of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e et seq.), section 330 of the Public...

24 CFR 576.500 - Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

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2012-04-01

... the HMIS retains an auditable history of all entries, including the person who entered the data, the....), the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), subtitle N of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42....), subtitle N of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e et seq.), section 330 of the Public...

75 FR 28668 - Sunshine Act Meeting

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... associations to act jointly in developing a national market system plan to create, implement, and maintain a consolidated audit trail that would capture customer and order event information, mostly in real time, for all orders in NMS securities, across all markets, from the time of order inception through routing...

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77 FR 50102 - Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

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Report: Audits on EPA Recovery Act-Funded Diesel Emission Reduction Act Assistance Agreements Reported Programmatic and Management Challenges

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

Report #14-R-0355, September 15, 2014. EPA should consider the issues identified in our prior reports as it takes actions directed by the Office of Management and Budget to assess risk inherent in its programs.

Redesigning the Peer Audit Process to Enhance Clinical Dialogue.

PubMed

Orest, Marianne R; Eyler, Steven

This case report describes the process used to engage clinicians in redesigning the peer audit system and the outcome of this effort at the Rehabilitation Therapies department of the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. A wide variety of peer audit processes, tools, and requirements have been used across disciplines and clinical sites. Rehabilitation therapy staff participated in a group project using a project charter to design the new approach to the peer audit. A single peer audit tool and unified audit process were developed for use across therapy disciplines and care settings. A survey was used to collect pre- and postrevision data. Responses to all survey questions indicated favorable change. Broad engagement of clinical staff in the redesign resulted in a peer audit process that was completed more consistently and was more likely to be perceived as resulting in meaningful discussion, encouraging critical thinking, and improving clinical skills. Copyright © 2018 by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.

Health and Safety Audit Design Manual

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Ternes, Mark P.; Langley, Brandon R.; Accawi, Gina K.

The Health and Safety Audit is an electronic audit tool developed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to assist in the identification and selection of health and safety measures when a home is being weatherized (i.e., receiving home energy upgrades), especially as part of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program, or during home energy-efficiency retrofit or remodeling jobs. The audit is specifically applicable to existing single-family homes (including mobile homes), and is generally applicable to individual dwelling units in low-rise multifamily buildings. The health and safety issues covered in the audit are grouped in nine categories: moldmore » and moisture, lead, radon, asbestos, formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), combustion, pest infestation, safety, and ventilation. Development of the audit was supported by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control and the DOE Weatherization Assistance Program.« less

Report: Weiss, Sugar, Dvorak & Dusek, Ltd., Single Audit of the Delta Institute and Affiliates for Year Ended June 30, 2003

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

Report #2006-S-00004, August 17, 2006. Weiss, Sugar, Dvorak & Dusek, Ltd., did not have sufficient quality control review procedures in place to ensure that all audit work performed was adequately supported by documentary evidence.

Recovery audits are back: tactics for tough times.

PubMed

Cascardo, Debra

2010-01-01

The Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program was implemented in stages in 2009. Section 302 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 required full implementation no later than January 1, 2010. The first phase began in March 2009 and covered various states; the second phase began in August 2009. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is gradually implementing the RAC permanent program, and it will ultimately affect every provider in every state.

76 FR 63660 - Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice

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32 CFR 290.8 - Fees.

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32 CFR 290.8 - Fees.

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The Substance of Transparency: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

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Mattie, John; McCarthy, Jack

2003-01-01

Discusses the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, a formal response to major corporate and accounting scandals, exploring its implications for higher education and promoting it as an opportunity both to reassess best practices for audit committees and executives and to refresh the ongoing dialogue with external auditors. (EV)

43 CFR 12.44 - Applicability.

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77 FR 51026 - Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting

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... FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting TIME AND DATE: 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time), August 27, 2012. PLACE: 10th Floor Board Room, 77 K Street NE., Washington, DC 20002... Investment Performance Report c. Legislative Report 3. DoL/KPMG Audit Report 4. Communications Strategy...

Progressing beyond SLMTA: Are internal audits and corrective action the key drivers of quality improvement?

PubMed

Maina, Robert N; Mengo, Doris M; Mohamud, Abdikher D; Ochieng, Susan M; Milgo, Sammy K; Sexton, Connie J; Moyo, Sikhulile; Luman, Elizabeth T

2014-01-01

Kenya has implemented the Strengthening Laboratory Management Toward Accreditation (SLMTA) programme to facilitate quality improvement in medical laboratories and to support national accreditation goals. Continuous quality improvement after SLMTA completion is needed to ensure sustainability and continue progress toward accreditation. Audits were conducted by qualified, independent auditors to assess the performance of five enrolled laboratories using the Stepwise Laboratory Quality Improvement Process Towards Accreditation (SLIPTA) checklist. End-of-programme (exit) and one year post-programme (surveillance) audits were compared for overall score, star level (from zero to five, based on scores) and scores for each of the 12 Quality System Essential (QSE) areas that make up the SLIPTA checklist. All laboratories improved from exit to surveillance audit (median improvement 38 percentage points, range 5-45 percentage points). Two laboratories improved from zero to one star, two improved from zero to three stars and one laboratory improved from three to four stars. The lowest median QSE scores at exit were: internal audit; corrective action; and occurrence management and process improvement (< 20%). Each of the 12 QSEs improved substantially at surveillance audit, with the greatest improvement in client management and customer service, internal audit and information management (≥ 50 percentage points). The two laboratories with the greatest overall improvement focused heavily on the internal audit and corrective action QSEs. Whilst all laboratories improved from exit to surveillance audit, those that focused on the internal audit and corrective action QSEs improved substantially more than those that did not; internal audits and corrective actions may have acted as catalysts, leading to improvements in other QSEs. Systematic identification of core areas and best practices to address them is a critical step toward strengthening public medical laboratories.

Progressing beyond SLMTA: Are internal audits and corrective action the key drivers of quality improvement?

PubMed Central

Mengo, Doris M.; Mohamud, Abdikher D.; Ochieng, Susan M.; Milgo, Sammy K.; Sexton, Connie J.; Moyo, Sikhulile; Luman, Elizabeth T.

2014-01-01

Background Kenya has implemented the Strengthening Laboratory Management Toward Accreditation (SLMTA) programme to facilitate quality improvement in medical laboratories and to support national accreditation goals. Continuous quality improvement after SLMTA completion is needed to ensure sustainability and continue progress toward accreditation. Methods Audits were conducted by qualified, independent auditors to assess the performance of five enrolled laboratories using the Stepwise Laboratory Quality Improvement Process Towards Accreditation (SLIPTA) checklist. End-of-programme (exit) and one year post-programme (surveillance) audits were compared for overall score, star level (from zero to five, based on scores) and scores for each of the 12 Quality System Essential (QSE) areas that make up the SLIPTA checklist. Results All laboratories improved from exit to surveillance audit (median improvement 38 percentage points, range 5–45 percentage points). Two laboratories improved from zero to one star, two improved from zero to three stars and one laboratory improved from three to four stars. The lowest median QSE scores at exit were: internal audit; corrective action; and occurrence management and process improvement (< 20%). Each of the 12 QSEs improved substantially at surveillance audit, with the greatest improvement in client management and customer service, internal audit and information management (≥ 50 percentage points). The two laboratories with the greatest overall improvement focused heavily on the internal audit and corrective action QSEs. Conclusion Whilst all laboratories improved from exit to surveillance audit, those that focused on the internal audit and corrective action QSEs improved substantially more than those that did not; internal audits and corrective actions may have acted as catalysts, leading to improvements in other QSEs. Systematic identification of core areas and best practices to address them is a critical step toward strengthening public medical laboratories. PMID:29043193

Audit in general practice: factors influencing participation.

PubMed Central

Baker, R.; Robertson, N.; Farooqi, A.

1995-01-01

OBJECTIVE--To identify the factors influencing participation in a single topic audit initiated by a medical audit advisory group. DESIGN--Interview and questionnaire survey of general practitioners who had been invited to take part in an audit of vitamin B-12. SETTING--All 147 general practices in Leicestershire. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Aspects of structure, attitude, and behaviour that influenced participation or non-participation. RESULTS--75 practices completed the audit, 49 withdrew after initial agreement, and 23 refused to take part at the outset. Participants were more likely than those who refused to view the advisory group as useful or a threat and to have positive thoughts about audit but less likely to have previously undertaken audit entailing implementation of change. Participants were more likely than those who withdrew to have positive thoughts about audit and to have discussed whether to take part within the practice but were less likely to view the advisory group as useful. The most common reason given for withdrawal was lack of time. CONCLUSIONS--Participation was influenced by attitudes towards audit in general and the advisory group in particular and by aspects of behaviour such as communication within the practice. Practical support and resources may help some practices undertake audit, but advisory groups must also deal with attitudes and unsatisfactory communication in practice teams. PMID:7613323

Evaluation of the organisation and effectiveness of internal audits to govern patient safety in hospitals: a mixed-methods study.

PubMed

van Gelderen, Saskia C; Zegers, Marieke; Boeijen, Wilma; Westert, Gert P; Robben, Paul B; Wollersheim, Hub C

2017-07-10

Hospital boards are legally responsible for safe healthcare. They need tools to assist them in their task of governing patient safety. Almost every Dutch hospital performs internal audits, but the effectiveness of these audits for hospital governance has never been evaluated. The aim of this study is to evaluate the organisation of internal audits and their effectiveness for hospitals boards to govern patient safety. A mixed-methods study consisting of a questionnaire regarding the organisation of internal audits among all Dutch hospitals (n=89) and interviews with stakeholders regarding the audit process and experienced effectiveness of audits within six hospitals. Response rate of the questionnaire was 76% and 43 interviews were held. In every responding hospital, the internal audits followed the plan-do-check-act cycle. Every hospital used interviews, document analysis and site visits as input for the internal audit. Boards stated that effective aspects of internal audits were their multidisciplinary scope, their structured and in-depth approach, the usability to monitor improvement activities and to change hospital policy and the fact that results were used in meetings with staff and boards of supervisors. The qualitative methods (interviews and site visits) used in internal audits enable the identification of soft signals such as unsafe culture or communication and collaboration problems. Reported disadvantages were the low frequency of internal audits and the absence of soft signals in the actual audit reports. This study shows that internal audits are regarded as effective for patient safety governance, as they help boards to identify patient safety problems, proactively steer patient safety and inform boards of supervisors on the status of patient safety. The description of the Dutch internal audits makes these audits replicable to other healthcare organisations in different settings, enabling hospital boards to complement their systems to govern patient safety. © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.

Reducing the blame culture through clinical audit in nuclear medicine: a mixed methods study.

PubMed

Ross, P; Hubert, J; Wong, W L

2017-02-01

To identify the barriers and facilitators of doctors' engagement with clinical audit and to explore how and why these factors influenced doctors' decisions to engage with the NHS National Clinical Audit Programme. A single-embedded case study. Mixed methods sequential approach with explorative pilot study and follow-up survey. Pilot study comprised 13 semi-structured interviews with purposefully selected consultant doctors over a six-month period. Interview data coded and analysed using directed thematic content analysis with themes compared against the study's propositions. Themes derived from the pilot study informed the online survey question items. Exploratory factor analysis using STATA and descriptive statistical methods applied to summarise findings. Data triangulation techniques used to corroborate and validate findings across the different methodological techniques. NHS National PET-CT Clinical Audit Programme. Doctors reporting on the Audit Programme. Extent of engagement with clinical audit, factors that influence engagement with clinical audit. Online survey: 58/59 doctors responded (98.3%). Audit was found to be initially threatening (79%); audit was reassuring (85%); audit helped validate professional competence (93%); participation in audit improved reporting skills (76%). Three key factors accounted for 97.6% of the variance in survey responses: (1) perception of audit's usefulness, (2) a common purpose, (3) a supportive blame free culture of trust. Factor 1 influenced medical engagement most. The study documents performance feedback as a key facilitator of medical engagement with clinical audit. It found that medical engagement with clinical audit was associated with reduced levels of professional anxiety and higher levels of perceived self-efficacy.

Energy Alert 78-1, National Energy Act: A Special Report on the National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC.

This Energy Alert deals specifically with Public Law 95-619, the National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978 (NECPA). Title III, Part 1 of NECPA authorizes $900 million over a three-year period for grants to schools and hospitals for energy audits, technical assistance and energy conservation projects. This publication attempts to inform…

7 CFR 3052.235 - Program-specific audits.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... program in a single audit. (2) The auditee shall prepare the financial statement(s) for the Federal... the financial statement(s) for the Federal program in accordance with GAGAS; (ii) Obtain an... opinion (or disclaimer of opinion) as to whether the financial statement(s) of the Federal program is...

Current standards for infection control: audit assures compliance.

PubMed

Flanagan, Pauline

Having robust policies and procedures in place for infection control is fundamentally important. However, each organization has to go a step beyond this; evidence has to be provided that these policies and procedures are followed. As of 1 April 2009, with the introduction of the Care Quality Commission and The Health and Social Care Act 2008 Code of Practice for the NHS on the Prevention and Control of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Related Guidance, the assurance of robust infection control measures within any UK provider of health care became an even higher priority. Also, the commissioning of any service by the NHS must provide evidence that the provider has in place robust procedures for infection control. This article demonstrates how the clinical audit team at the Douglas Macmillan Hospice in North Staffordshire, UK, have used audit to assure high rates of compliance with the current national standards for infection control. Prior to the audit, hospice staff had assumed that the rates of compliance for infection control approached 100%. This article shows that a good quality audit tool can be used to identify areas of shortfall in infection control and the effectiveness of putting in place an action plan followed by re-audit.

Environmental auditing: Theory and applications

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Thompson, Dixon; Wilson, Melvin J.

1994-07-01

The environmental audit has become a regular part of corporate environmental management in Canada and is also gaining recognition in the public sector. A 1991 survey of 75 private sector companies across Canada revealed that 76% (57/75) had established environmental auditing programs. A similar survey of 19 federal, provincial, and municipal government departments revealed that 11% (2/19) had established such programs. The information gained from environmental audits can be used to facilitate and enhance environmental management from the single facility level to the national and international levels. This paper is divided into two sections: section one examines environmental audits at the facility/company level and discusses environmental audit characteristics, trends, and driving forces not commonly found in the available literature. Important conclusions are: that wherever possible, an action plan to correct the identified problems should be an integral part of an audit, and therefore there should be a close working relationship between auditors, managers, and employees, and that the first audits will generally be more difficult, time consuming, and expensive than subsequent audits. Section two looks at environmental audits in the broader context and discusses the relationship between environmental audits and three other environmental information gathering/analysis tools: environmental impact assessments, state of the environment reports, and new systems of national accounts. The argument is made that the information collected by environmental audits and environmental impact assessments at the facility/company level can be used as the bases for regional and national state of the environment reports and new systems of national accounts.

Quality consciousness...auditing for HIPAA Privacy Compliance.

PubMed

LePar, Kathleen

2004-01-01

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy deadline has passed. Now it is essential to comply with the regulations. The stakes are high; therefore, a HIPAA Privacy Compliance Program must be part of an organization's quality initiatives. This article provides guidelines for the challenges of continual program improvement, successful cultural change, and effective monitoring of the existing program. Healthcare organizations will attain compliance goals through internal audits on the processes, policies, and training efforts of their HIPAA program.

Reviewing audit: barriers and facilitating factors for effective clinical audit.

PubMed

Johnston, G; Crombie, I K; Davies, H T; Alder, E M; Millard, A

2000-03-01

To review the literature on the benefits and disadvantages of clinical and medical audit, and to assess the main facilitators and barriers to conducting the audit process. A comprehensive literature review was undertaken through a thorough review of Medline and CINAHL databases using the keywords of "audit", "audit of audits", and "evaluation of audits" and a handsearch of the indexes of relevant journals for key papers. Findings from 93 publications were reviewed. These ranged from single case studies of individual audit projects through retrospective reviews of departmental audit programmes to studies of interface projects between primary and secondary care. The studies reviewed incorporated the experiences of a wide variety of clinicians, from medical consultants to professionals allied to medicine and from those involved in unidisciplinary and multidisciplinary ventures. Perceived benefits of audit included improved communication among colleagues and other professional groups, improved patient care, increased professional satisfaction, and better administration. Some disadvantages of audit were perceived as diminished clinical ownership, fear of litigation, hierarchical and territorial suspicions, and professional isolation. The main barriers to clinical audit can be classified under five main headings. These are lack of resources, lack of expertise or advice in project design and analysis, problems between groups and group members, lack of an overall plan for audit, and organisational impediments. Key facilitating factors to audit were also identified: they included modern medical records systems, effective training, dedicated staff, protected time, structured programmes, and a shared dialogue between purchasers and providers. Clinical audit can be a valuable assistance to any programme which aims to improve the quality of health care and its delivery. Yet without a coherent strategy aimed at nurturing effective audits, valuable opportunities will be lost. Paying careful attention to the professional attitudes highlighted in this review may help audit to deliver on some of its promise.

7 CFR 56.1 - Meaning of words and terms defined.

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2011-01-01

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77 FR 75621 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

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75 FR 61453 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

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Emergency recompression: clinical audit of service delivery at a national level.

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Ross, John As; Sayer, Martin Dj

2009-03-01

Clinical audit is an essential element to the maintenance or improvement of delivery of any medical service. During the development phase of a National Recompression Registration Service for Scotland, clinical audit was initiated to provide a standardised tool to monitor the quality of outcome with respect to the severity of presentation. A functional audit process was an essential consideration for planned future measurement of treatment efficacy at local (single hyperbaric unit) and national (multiple hyperbaric units) scales. The audit process was designed to be undemanding, robust and informative, irrespective of the experience of treatment centre and of the clinician in charge of treatment. The clinical records from 104 cases of divers with decompression illness were used to derive and evaluate measures of severity and clinical outcome that could be used for audit and quality assurance. The various measures of disease severity were examined against clinical outcome and days spent in care after admission to a hyperbaric unit. An initial version of the clinical audit format that was developed from this process is presented.

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On the RAC. CIOs must work to make their organization's time with CMS Recovery Audit Contractors as painless as possible.

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Lawrence, Daphne

2009-01-01

CIOs should act as a team with HIM and Finance to prepare for RAC audits. CIOs can take the lead in looking at improved coding systems, and can be involved in creating policies and procedures for the hospital's RAC team. RAC is an opportunity to improve documentation, coding and data analysis. RAC appeals will become more common as states share lessons learned. Follow the money and check on claims that are frequently returned.

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Arends, J.; Sandusky, William F.

This report documents the findings from an onsite audit of the John W. Bricker Federal building located in Columbus, Ohio. The Federal landlord for this building is the General Services Administration (GSA). The focus of the audit was to identify various no-cost or low-cost energy efficiency opportunities that, once implemented, would either reduce electrical and gas consumption or increase the operational efficiency of the building. This audit also provided an opportunity to identify potential capital cost projects that should be considered in the future to acquire additional energy (electric and gas) and water savings to further increase the operational efficiencymore » of the building.« less

Reducing the blame culture through clinical audit in nuclear medicine: a mixed methods study

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Ross, P; Hubert, J

2017-01-01

Objectives To identify the barriers and facilitators of doctors’ engagement with clinical audit and to explore how and why these factors influenced doctors’ decisions to engage with the NHS National Clinical Audit Programme. Design A single-embedded case study. Mixed methods sequential approach with explorative pilot study and follow-up survey. Pilot study comprised 13 semi-structured interviews with purposefully selected consultant doctors over a six-month period. Interview data coded and analysed using directed thematic content analysis with themes compared against the study’s propositions. Themes derived from the pilot study informed the online survey question items. Exploratory factor analysis using STATA and descriptive statistical methods applied to summarise findings. Data triangulation techniques used to corroborate and validate findings across the different methodological techniques. Setting NHS National PET-CT Clinical Audit Programme. Participants Doctors reporting on the Audit Programme. Main Outcome measures Extent of engagement with clinical audit, factors that influence engagement with clinical audit. Results Online survey: 58/59 doctors responded (98.3%). Audit was found to be initially threatening (79%); audit was reassuring (85%); audit helped validate professional competence (93%); participation in audit improved reporting skills (76%). Three key factors accounted for 97.6% of the variance in survey responses: (1) perception of audit’s usefulness, (2) a common purpose, (3) a supportive blame free culture of trust. Factor 1 influenced medical engagement most. Conclusions The study documents performance feedback as a key facilitator of medical engagement with clinical audit. It found that medical engagement with clinical audit was associated with reduced levels of professional anxiety and higher levels of perceived self-efficacy. PMID:28210493

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Government Audit Reform Act of 2010

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2010-04-14

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Integration of LDSE and LTVS logs with HIPAA compliant auditing system (HCAS)

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Zhou, Zheng; Liu, Brent J.; Huang, H. K.; Guo, Bing; Documet, Jorge; King, Nelson

2006-03-01

The deadline of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Security Rules has passed on February 2005; therefore being HIPAA compliant becomes extremely critical to healthcare providers. HIPAA mandates healthcare providers to protect the privacy and integrity of the health data and have the ability to demonstrate examples of mechanisms that can be used to accomplish this task. It is also required that a healthcare institution must be able to provide audit trails on image data access on demand for a specific patient. For these reasons, we have developed a HIPAA compliant auditing system (HCAS) for image data security in a PACS by auditing every image data access. The HCAS was presented in 2005 SPIE. This year, two new components, LDSE (Lossless Digital Signature Embedding) and LTVS (Patient Location Tracking and Verification System) logs, have been added to the HCAS. The LDSE can assure medical image integrity in a PACS, while the LTVS can provide access control for a PACS by creating a security zone in the clinical environment. By integrating the LDSE and LTVS logs with the HCAS, the privacy and integrity of image data can be audited as well. Thus, a PACS with the HCAS installed can become HIPAA compliant in image data privacy and integrity, access control, and audit control.

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Inconsistency in Reporting Abstention and Heavy Drinking Frequency: Associations with Sex and Socioeconomic Status, and Potential Impacts

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Kydd, Robyn M.; Connor, Jennie

2015-01-01

Aims: To describe inconsistencies in reporting past-year drinking status and heavy drinking occasions (HDOs) on single questions from two different instruments, and to identify associated characteristics and impacts. Methods: We compared computer-presented Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) with categorical response options, and mental health interview (MHI) with open-ended consumption questions, completed on the same day. Participants were 464 men and 459 women aged 38 (91.7% of surviving birth cohort members). Differences in dichotomous single-item measures of abstention and HDO frequency, associations of inconsistent reporting with sex, socioeconomic status (SES) and survey order, and impacts of instrument choice on associations of alcohol with sex and SES were examined. Results: The AUDIT-C drinking frequency question estimated higher past-year abstention prevalence (AUDIT = 7.6%, MHI = 5.4%), with one-third of AUDIT-C abstainers being MHI drinkers. Only AUDIT-C produced significant sex differences in abstainer prevalence. Inconsistencies in HDO classifications were bidirectional, but with fewer HDOs reported on the MHI than AUDIT-C question. Lower SES was associated with inconsistency in abstention and weekly+ HDOs. Abstention and higher HDO frequency were associated with lower SES overall, but sex-specific associations differed by instrument. Conclusions: In this context, data collection method affected findings, with inconsistencies in abstention reports having most impact. Future studies should: (a) confirm self-reported abstention; (b) consider piloting data collection methods in target populations; (c) expect impacts of sex and SES on measurements and analyses. PMID:25648932

Feasibility of community neonatal death audits in rural Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Patel, Z; Kumar, V; Singh, P; Singh, V; Yadav, R; Baqui, A H; Santosham, M; Awasthi, S; Singh, J V; Darmstadt, G L

2007-09-01

Medical audit is a widely promoted strategy in hospitals, but experience within community settings is scant. Community neonatal death audit is a form of audit, which involves a systematic analysis of the quality of care provided in the home, danger sign recognition and care seeking decision making for neonatal illness. This research was conducted in Uttar Pradesh, India, to investigate the feasibility and cultural acceptability of community neonatal death audits. During November-December 2004, we conducted three in-depth interviews with family members of deceased neonates, and six focus group discussions with family and community members. Three approaches were evaluated: in-depth interview with the family before engaging them in an audit with the community; preliminary meeting to build rapport with the family and community before conducting an audit; and audit with the family and community in a single focus group. Approaches were interactive processes, involving the community, to identify avoidable factors in a particular death and discuss solutions. Carried out in a culturally sensitive and non-punitive manner, community neonatal death audit was found to be acceptable and feasible. All approaches provoked formal investigation by community members, and stimulated sharing of views, leading to the self-discovery that community perception was a cumulatively amplified effect of individual perceptions. Presence of an educated/experienced community member or health worker served as a catalyst. No one optimal approach was identified. Community neonatal audit is an acceptable approach that shows promise as an effective intervention for improving neonatal health outcomes.

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Single-Subject Evaluation: A Tool for Quality Assurance.

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Nuehring, Elane M.; Pascone, Anne B.

1986-01-01

The use of single-subject designs in peer review, in utilization review, and in other quality-assurance audits is encouraged. Presents an overview of the methodologies of single-subject designs and quality assurance, and provides examples of cases in which single-subject techniques furnished relevant quality assurance documentation. (Author/ABB)

The Neighborhood Auditing Tool: a hybrid interface for auditing the UMLS.

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Morrey, C Paul; Geller, James; Halper, Michael; Perl, Yehoshua

2009-06-01

The UMLS's integration of more than 100 source vocabularies, not necessarily consistent with one another, causes some inconsistencies. The purpose of auditing the UMLS is to detect such inconsistencies and to suggest how to resolve them while observing the requirement of fully representing the content of each source in the UMLS. A software tool, called the Neighborhood Auditing Tool (NAT), that facilitates UMLS auditing is presented. The NAT supports "neighborhood-based" auditing, where, at any given time, an auditor concentrates on a single-focus concept and one of a variety of neighborhoods of its closely related concepts. Typical diagrammatic displays of concept networks have a number of shortcomings, so the NAT utilizes a hybrid diagram/text interface that features stylized neighborhood views which retain some of the best features of both the diagrammatic layouts and text windows while avoiding the shortcomings. The NAT allows an auditor to display knowledge from both the Metathesaurus (concept) level and the Semantic Network (semantic type) level. Various additional features of the NAT that support the auditing process are described. The usefulness of the NAT is demonstrated through a group of case studies. Its impact is tested with a study involving a select group of auditors.

Multicentre dose audit for clinical trials of radiation therapy in Asia

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Fukuda, Shigekazu; Fukumura, Akifumi; Nakamura, Yuzuru-Kutsutani; Jianping, Cao; Cho, Chul-Koo; Supriana, Nana; Dung, To Anh; Calaguas, Miriam Joy; Devi, C.R. Beena; Chansilpa, Yaowalak; Banu, Parvin Akhter; Riaz, Masooma; Esentayeva, Surya; Kato, Shingo; Karasawa, Kumiko; Tsujii, Hirohiko

2017-01-01

Abstract A dose audit of 16 facilities in 11 countries has been performed within the framework of the Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia (FNCA) quality assurance program. The quality of radiation dosimetry varies because of the large variation in radiation therapy among the participating countries. One of the most important aspects of international multicentre clinical trials is uniformity of absolute dose between centres. The National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in Japan has conducted a dose audit of participating countries since 2006 by using radiophotoluminescent glass dosimeters (RGDs). RGDs have been successfully applied to a domestic postal dose audit in Japan. The authors used the same audit system to perform a dose audit of the FNCA countries. The average and standard deviation of the relative deviation between the measured and intended dose among 46 beams was 0.4% and 1.5% (k = 1), respectively. This is an excellent level of uniformity for the multicountry data. However, of the 46 beams measured, a single beam exceeded the permitted tolerance level of ±5%. We investigated the cause for this and solved the problem. This event highlights the importance of external audits in radiation therapy. PMID:27864507

Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act

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Sen. Toomey, Pat [R-PA

2013-09-19

Senate - 09/19/2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

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Factors for change in maternal and perinatal audit systems in Dar es Salaam hospitals, Tanzania.

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Nyamtema, Angelo S; Urassa, David P; Pembe, Andrea B; Kisanga, Felix; van Roosmalen, Jos

2010-06-03

Effective maternal and perinatal audits are associated with improved quality of care and reduction of severe adverse outcome. Although audits at the level of care were formally introduced in Tanzania around 25 years ago, little information is available about their existence, performance, and practical barriers to their implementation. This study assessed the structure, process and impacts of maternal and perinatal death audit systems in clinical practice and presents a detailed account on how they could be improved. A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in eight major hospitals in Dar es Salaam in January 2009. An in-depth interview guide was used for 29 health managers and members of the audit committees to investigate the existence, structure, process and outcome of such audits in clinical practice. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to interview 30 health care providers in the maternity wards to assess their awareness, attitude and practice towards audit systems. The 2007 institutional pregnancy outcome records were reviewed. Overall hospital based maternal mortality ratio was 218/100,000 live births (range: 0 - 385) and perinatal mortality rate was 44/1000 births (range: 17 - 147). Maternal and perinatal audit systems existed only in 4 and 3 hospitals respectively, and key decision makers did not take part in audit committees. Sixty percent of care providers were not aware of even a single action which had ever been implemented in their hospitals because of audit recommendations. There were neither records of the key decision points, action plan, nor regular analysis of the audit reports in any of the facilities where such audit systems existed. Maternal and perinatal audit systems in these institutions are poorly established in structure and process; and are less effective to improve the quality of care. Fundamental changes are urgently needed for successful audit systems in these institutions.

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Exploring New York State Policy Expectations Pertaining to Energy Efficiency and Green Collar Workforce

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Pauli, Felix Asher

2012-01-01

The Green Jobs Green New York (GJGNY) Act of 2009 was designed to reduce energy consumption by creating green collar workforce and providing energy efficiency audits to the public. The problem addressed in this study is the discrepancy between the expectations of Green Jobs Green New York Act of 2009 and the implementation of this policy. This…

GAO audit not apt to find pervasive fraud in CARE Act.

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1999-12-24

After hearing a series of news reports suggesting financial improprieties in programs run by Ryan White CARE Act recipients, a General Accounting Office (GAO) review of the program was made. A preliminary GAO report found only a few cases of fraud in the administration of funding stemming from the CARE Act, but that the potential for fraud is very real because of the lack of safeguards. These findings are considered important since the House Commerce Committee is expected to conduct oversight hearings into further authorization of the CARE Act early in 2000.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) FEMP Technical Assistance U.S. General Services Administration – Project 195 John Seiberling Federal Office Building and U.S. Courthouse, Akron, Ohio

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Arends, J.; Sandusky, William F.

This report documents the findings from an onsite audit of the John Seiberling Federal building located in Akron, Ohio. The Federal landlord for this building is the General Services Administration (GSA). The focus of the audit was to identify various no-cost or low-cost energy efficiency opportunities that, once implemented, would reduce in either electrical and gas consumption and increase the operational efficiency of the building. This audit also provided an opportunity to identify potential capital cost projects that should be considered in the to acquire additional energy (electric and gas) and water savings to further increase the operational efficiency ofmore » the building.« less

Independent evaluation: insights from public accounting.

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Brown, Abigail B; Klerman, Jacob Alex

2012-06-01

Maintaining the independence of contract government program evaluation presents significant contracting challenges. The ideal outcome for an agency is often both the impression of an independent evaluation and a glowing report. In this, independent evaluation is like financial statement audits: firm management wants both a public accounting firm to attest to the fairness of its financial accounts and to be allowed to account for transactions as it sees fit. In both cases, the evaluation or audit is being conducted on behalf of outsiders--the public or shareholders--but is overseen by a party with significant interests at stake in the outcome-the agency being evaluated or executive management of the firm. We review the contracting strategies developed to maintain independence in auditing. We examine evidence on the effectiveness of professionalism, reputation, liability and owner oversight in constraining behavior in auditing. We then establish parallels with contracting for evaluations and apply these insights to changes that might maintain and improve evaluator independence. By analogy with the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 reforms in auditing, we recommend exploring using a reformulated Technical Working Group to encourage more prompt release of more evaluation results and to help insulate evaluators from inappropriate pressure to change their results or analysis approach.

Influence of an independent quarterly audit on publicly reported vancomycin-resistant enterocococi bacteremia data in Ontario, Canada.

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Prematunge, Chatura; Policarpio, Michelle E; Johnstone, Jennie; Adomako, Kwaku; Nadolny, Emily; Lam, Freda; Li, Ye; Brown, Kevin A; Garber, Gary

2018-04-13

All Ontario hospitals are mandated to self-report vancomycin-resistant enterocococi (VRE) bacteremias to Ontario's Ministry of Health and Long-term Care for public reporting purposes. Independent quarterly audits of publicly reported VRE bacteremias between September 2013 and June 2015 were carried out by Public Health Ontario. VRE bacteremia case-reporting errors between January 2009 and August 2013 were identified by a single retrospective audit. Employing a quasiexperimental pre-post study design, the relative risk of VRE bacteremia reporting errors before and after quarterly audits were modeled using Poisson regression adjusting for hospital type, case counts reported to the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care, and autocorrelation via generalized estimating equation. Overall, 24.5% (126 out of 514) of VRE bacteremias were reported in error; 114 out of 367 (31%) VRE bacteremias reported before quarterly audits and 12 out of 147 (8.1%) reported after audits were found to be incorrect. In adjusted analysis, quarterly audits of VRE bacteremias were associated with significant reductions in reporting errors when compared with before quarterly auditing (relative risk, 0.17; 95% confidence interval, 0.05-0.63). Risk of reporting errors among community hospitals were greater than acute teaching hospitals of the region (relative risk, 4.39; 95% CI, 3.07-5.70). This study found independent quarterly audits of publicly reported VRE bacteremias to be associated with significant reductions in reporting errors. Public reporting systems should consider adopting routine data audits and hospital-targeted training to improve data accuracy. Crown Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Evaluating Shortened Versions of the AUDIT as Screeners for Alcohol Use Problems in a General Population Study.

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Nayak, Madhabika B; Bond, Jason C; Greenfield, Thomas K

2015-01-01

Efficient alcohol screening measures are important to prevent or treat alcohol use disorders (AUDs). We studied different versions of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) comparing their performance to the full AUDIT and an AUD measure as screeners for alcohol use problems in Goa, India. Data from a general population study on 743 male drinkers aged 18-49 years are reported. Drinkers completed the AUDIT and an AUD measure. We created shorter versions of the AUDIT by (a) collapsing AUDIT item responses into three and two categories and (b) deleting two items with the lowest factor loadings. Each version was evaluated using factor, reliability and validity, and differential item functioning (DIF) analysis by age, education, standard of living index (SLI), and area of residence. A single factor solution was found for each version with lower factor loadings for items on guilt and concern. There were no significant differences among the different AUDIT versions in predicting AUD. No significant DIF was found by education, SLI or area of residence. DIF was observed for the alcohol frequency item by age. The AUDIT may be used with dichotomized response options without loss of predictive validity. A shortened eight-item dichotomized scale can adequately screen for AUDs in Goa when brevity is of paramount importance, although with lower predictive validity. Although the frequency item was endorsed more by older men, there is no evidence that the AUDIT items perform differently in other groups of male drinkers in Goa.

An audit of manufacturers' implementation of reconstruction filters in single-photon emission computed tomography.

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Lawson, Richard S; White, Duncan; Cade, Sarah C; Hall, David O; Kenny, Bob; Knight, Andy; Livieratos, Lefteris; Nijran, Kuldip

2013-08-01

The Nuclear Medicine Software Quality Group of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine has conducted an audit to compare the ways in which different manufacturers implement the filters used in single-photon emission computed tomography. The aim of the audit was to identify differences between manufacturers' implementations of the same filter and to find means for converting parameters between systems. Computer-generated data representing projection images of an ideal test object were processed using seven different commercial nuclear medicine systems. Images were reconstructed using filtered back projection and a Butter worth filter with three different cutoff frequencies and three different orders. The audit found large variations between the frequency-response curves of what were ostensibly the same filters on different systems. The differences were greater than could be explained simply by different Butter worth formulae. Measured cutoff frequencies varied between 40 and 180% of that expected. There was also occasional confusion with respect to frequency units. The audit concluded that the practical implementation of filtering, such as the size of the kernel, has a profound effect on the results, producing large differences between systems. Nevertheless, this work shows how users can quantify the frequency response of their own systems so that it will be possible to compare two systems in order to find filter parameters on each that produce equivalent results. These findings will also make it easier for users to replicate filters similar to other published results, even if they are using a different computer system.

The Weatherization Assistant User's Manual (Version 8.9)

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Gettings, Michael B.; Malhotra, Mini; Ternes, Mark P.

The Weatherization Assistant is a Windows-based energy audit software tool that was developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to help states and their local weatherization agencies implement the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program. The Weatherization Assistant is an umbrella program for two individual energy audits or measure selection programs: the National Energy Audit Tool (NEAT) for site-built single-family homes and the Manufactured Home Energy Audit (MHEA) for mobile homes. The Weatherization Assistant User's Manual documents the operation of the user interface for Version 8.9 of the software. This includes how to install and setup the software,more » navigate through the program, and initiate an energy audit. All of the user interface forms associated with the software and the data fields on these forms are described in detail. The manual is intended to be a training manual for new users of the Weatherization Assistant and as a reference manual for experienced users.« less

Two-Character Plays for Student Actors: A Collection of 15 One-Act Plays.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Mauro, Robert

Designed for workshop or classroom use, this collection of short plays for two actors is a source of material for auditions and readings and a valuable training tool for acting classes. The collection contains plays for men only, plays for women only, plays for men and women, plays with a wide variety of roles, plays of comedy and serious drama,…

First Things First...Our Children. Alberta Education's 93rd Annual Report and 4th Annual Results Report, 1997/1998--Part 1 and Part 2.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton.

The Public Accounts of Alberta are prepared in accordance with the Financial Administration Act and the Government Accountability Act. This annual report of the Ministry of Education contains the audited, consolidated financial statements of the ministry and offers a comparison of actual performance results with desired results set out in the…

Multicentre dose audit for clinical trials of radiation therapy in Asia.

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Mizuno, Hideyuki; Fukuda, Shigekazu; Fukumura, Akifumi; Nakamura, Yuzuru-Kutsutani; Jianping, Cao; Cho, Chul-Koo; Supriana, Nana; Dung, To Anh; Calaguas, Miriam Joy; Devi, C R Beena; Chansilpa, Yaowalak; Banu, Parvin Akhter; Riaz, Masooma; Esentayeva, Surya; Kato, Shingo; Karasawa, Kumiko; Tsujii, Hirohiko

2017-05-01

A dose audit of 16 facilities in 11 countries has been performed within the framework of the Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia (FNCA) quality assurance program. The quality of radiation dosimetry varies because of the large variation in radiation therapy among the participating countries. One of the most important aspects of international multicentre clinical trials is uniformity of absolute dose between centres. The National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in Japan has conducted a dose audit of participating countries since 2006 by using radiophotoluminescent glass dosimeters (RGDs). RGDs have been successfully applied to a domestic postal dose audit in Japan. The authors used the same audit system to perform a dose audit of the FNCA countries. The average and standard deviation of the relative deviation between the measured and intended dose among 46 beams was 0.4% and 1.5% (k = 1), respectively. This is an excellent level of uniformity for the multicountry data. However, of the 46 beams measured, a single beam exceeded the permitted tolerance level of ±5%. We investigated the cause for this and solved the problem. This event highlights the importance of external audits in radiation therapy. © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Japan Radiation Research Society and Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology.

The Neighborhood Auditing Tool: A Hybrid Interface for Auditing the UMLS

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Morrey, C. Paul; Geller, James; Halper, Michael; Perl, Yehoshua

2009-01-01

The UMLS’s integration of more than 100 source vocabularies, not necessarily consistent with one another, causes some inconsistencies. The purpose of auditing the UMLS is to detect such inconsistencies and to suggest how to resolve them while observing the requirement of fully representing the content of each source in the UMLS. A software tool, called the Neighborhood Auditing Tool (NAT), that facilitates UMLS auditing is presented. The NAT supports “neighborhood-based” auditing, where, at any given time, an auditor concentrates on a single focus concept and one of a variety of neighborhoods of its closely related concepts. Typical diagrammatic displays of concept networks have a number of shortcomings, so the NAT utilizes a hybrid diagram/text interface that features stylized neighborhood views which retain some of the best features of both the diagrammatic layouts and text windows while avoiding the shortcomings. The NAT allows an auditor to display knowledge from both the Metathesaurus (concept) level and the Semantic Network (semantic type) level. Various additional features of the NAT that support the auditing process are described. The usefulness of the NAT is demonstrated through a group of case studies. Its impact is tested with a study involving a select group of auditors. PMID:19475725

77 FR 21099 - Farm Credit Administration Board; Sunshine Act; Regular Meeting

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2012-04-09

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20 CFR 670.955 - Are center operators and service providers subject to Federal audits?

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2010-04-01

... ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THE JOB CORPS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT Administrative and Management Provisions § 670.955 Are center operators and service providers subject to Federal...

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24 CFR 583.301 - Recordkeeping.

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2014-04-01

... observations if the HMIS retains an auditable history of all entries, including the person who entered the data.... 9831 et seq.), subtitle N of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e et seq.), section...

24 CFR 583.301 - Recordkeeping.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... observations if the HMIS retains an auditable history of all entries, including the person who entered the data.... 9831 et seq.), subtitle N of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e et seq.), section...

Cooperative Threat Reduction: Cooperation Threat Reduction Program Liquid Propellant Disposition Project

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

2002-09-01

This audit is one in a series of audits the Deputy Secretary of Defense requested. As part of the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program, DoD agreed to assist the Russian Federation in disposing of its liquid rocket propellant. Public Law 102-228 (section 2551 NOTE, title 22, United States Code), the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 designates DoD as the executive agent for the CTR Program. Specific objectives of the act are to destroy chemical, nuclear, and other weapons; transport, store, disable, and safeguard weapons in connection with their destruction; and establish verifiable safeguards against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Policy), under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, develops, coordinates, and oversees implementation of policy for the CTR Program. The CTR Directorate, Defense Threat Reduction Agency operates the program.

Piloting the global subsidy: the impact of subsidized artemisinin-based combination therapies distributed through private drug shops in rural Tanzania.

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Sabot, Oliver J; Mwita, Alex; Cohen, Justin M; Ipuge, Yahya; Gordon, Megumi; Bishop, David; Odhiambo, Moses; Ward, Lorrayne; Goodman, Catherine

2009-09-02

WHO estimates that only 3% of fever patients use recommended artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), partly reflecting their high prices in the retail sector from where many patients seek treatment. To overcome this challenge, a global ACT subsidy has been proposed. We tested this proposal through a pilot program in rural Tanzania. Three districts were assigned to serve either as a control or to receive the subsidy plus a package of supporting interventions. From October 2007, ACTs were sold at a 90% subsidy through the normal private supply chain to intervention district drug shops. Data were collected at baseline and during intervention using interviews with drug shop customers, retail audits, mystery shoppers, and audits of public and NGO facilities. The proportion of consumers in the intervention districts purchasing ACTs rose from 1% at baseline to 44.2% one year later (p<0.001), and was significantly higher among consumers purchasing for children under 5 than for adults (p = 0.005). No change in ACT usage was observed in the control district. Consumers paid a mean price of $0.58 for ACTs, which did not differ significantly from the price paid for sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine, the most common alternative. Drug shops in population centers were significantly more likely to stock ACTs than those in more remote areas (p<0.001). A subsidy introduced at the top of the private sector supply chain can significantly increase usage of ACTs and reduce their retail price to the level of common monotherapies. Additional interventions may be needed to ensure access to ACTs in remote areas and for poorer individuals who appear to seek treatment at drug shops less frequently. Controlled-Trials.com ISRCTN39125414.

Piloting the Global Subsidy: The Impact of Subsidized Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapies Distributed through Private Drug Shops in Rural Tanzania

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Sabot, Oliver J.; Mwita, Alex; Cohen, Justin M.; Ipuge, Yahya; Gordon, Megumi; Bishop, David; Odhiambo, Moses; Ward, Lorrayne; Goodman, Catherine

2009-01-01

Background WHO estimates that only 3% of fever patients use recommended artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), partly reflecting their high prices in the retail sector from where many patients seek treatment. To overcome this challenge, a global ACT subsidy has been proposed. We tested this proposal through a pilot program in rural Tanzania. Methods/Principal Findings Three districts were assigned to serve either as a control or to receive the subsidy plus a package of supporting interventions. From October 2007, ACTs were sold at a 90% subsidy through the normal private supply chain to intervention district drug shops. Data were collected at baseline and during intervention using interviews with drug shop customers, retail audits, mystery shoppers, and audits of public and NGO facilities. The proportion of consumers in the intervention districts purchasing ACTs rose from 1% at baseline to 44.2% one year later (p<0.001), and was significantly higher among consumers purchasing for children under 5 than for adults (p = 0.005). No change in ACT usage was observed in the control district. Consumers paid a mean price of $0.58 for ACTs, which did not differ significantly from the price paid for sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine, the most common alternative. Drug shops in population centers were significantly more likely to stock ACTs than those in more remote areas (p<0.001). Conclusions A subsidy introduced at the top of the private sector supply chain can significantly increase usage of ACTs and reduce their retail price to the level of common monotherapies. Additional interventions may be needed to ensure access to ACTs in remote areas and for poorer individuals who appear to seek treatment at drug shops less frequently. Trial Registration Controlled-Trials.com ISRCTN39125414. PMID:19724644

Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) Plan Status Report

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-05-01

integrated personnel and pay system that will consolidate Guard, Reserve, and Active Duty Military into a single system for personnel and pay...Inventory The DLA is the integrated material manager for assigned federal supply classes. The DLA holds materiel based on military and...Monitoring DoD Component progress and holding them accountable is essential to success and to achieving the Department’s commitment to audit readiness by

The factor structure of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT).

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Doyle, Suzanne R; Donovan, Dennis M; Kivlahan, Daniel R

2007-05-01

Past research assessing the factor structure of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) with various exploratory and confirmatory factor analytic techniques has identified one-, two-, and three-factor solutions. Because different factor analytic procedures may result in dissimilar findings, we examined the factor structure of the AUDIT using the same factor analytic technique on two new large clinical samples and on archival data from six samples studied in previous reports. Responses to the AUDIT were obtained from participants who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), criteria for alcohol dependence in two large randomized clinical trials: the COMBINE (Combining Medications and Behavioral Interventions) Study (N = 1,337; 69% men) and Project MATCH (Matching Alcoholism Treatments to Client Heterogeneity; N = 1,711; 76% men). Supplementary analyses involved six correlation matrices of AUDIT data obtained from five previously published articles. Confirmatory factor analyses based on one-, two-, and three-factor models were conducted on the eight correlation matrices to assess the factor structure of the AUDIT. Across samples, analyses supported a correlated, two-factor solution representing alcohol consumption and alcohol-related consequences. The three-factor solution fit the data equally well, but two factors (alcohol dependence and harmful alcohol use) were highly correlated. The one-factor solution did not provide a good fit to the data. These findings support a two-factor solution for the AUDIT (alcohol consumption and alcohol-related consequences). The results contradict the original three-factor design of the AUDIT and the prevalent use of the AUDIT as a one-factor screening instrument with a single cutoff score.

Evaluating shortened versions of the AUDIT as screeners for alcohol use problems in a general population study

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Nayak, Madhabika B.; Bond, Jason C.; Greenfield, Thomas K.

2015-01-01

Background Efficient alcohol screening measures are important to prevent or treat alcohol use disorders (AUDs). Objectives We studied different versions of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) comparing their performance to the full AUDIT and an AUD measure as screeners for alcohol use problems in Goa, India. Methods Data from a general population study on 743 male drinkers aged 18 to 49 years are reported. Drinkers completed the AUDIT and an AUD measure. We created shorter versions of the AUDIT by a) collapsing AUDIT item responses into 3 and 2 categories and b) deleting 2 items with the lowest factor loadings. Each version was evaluated using factor, reliability and validity, and differential item functioning (DIF) analysis by age, education, standard of living index (SLI), and area of residence. Results A single factor solution was found for each version with lower factor loadings for items on guilt and concern. There were no significant differences among the different AUDIT versions in predicting AUD. No significant DIF was found by education, SLI or area of residence. DIF was observed for the alcohol frequency item by age. Conclusions/Importance The AUDIT may be used with dichotomized response options without loss of predictive validity. A shortened 8-item dichotomized scale can adequately screen for AUDs in Goa when brevity is of paramount importance, although with lower predictive validity. Although the frequency item was endorsed more by older men, there is no evidence that the AUDIT items perform differently in other groups of male drinkers in Goa. PMID:26549791

HS.Register - An Audit-Trail Tool to Respond to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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Gonçalves-Ferreira, Duarte; Leite, Mariana; Santos-Pereira, Cátia; Correia, Manuel E; Antunes, Luis; Cruz-Correia, Ricardo

2018-01-01

Introduction The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compels health care institutions and their software providers to properly document all personal data processing and provide clear evidence that their systems are inline with the GDPR. All applications involved in personal data processing should therefore produce meaningful event logs that can later be used for the effective auditing of complex processes. Aim This paper aims to describe and evaluate HS.Register, a system created to collect and securely manage at scale audit logs and data produced by a large number of systems. Methods HS.Register creates a single audit log by collecting and aggregating all kinds of meaningful event logs and data (e.g. ActiveDirectory, syslog, log4j, web server logs, REST, SOAP and HL7 messages). It also includes specially built dashboards for easy auditing and monitoring of complex processes, crossing different systems in an integrated way, as well as providing tools for helping on the auditing and on the diagnostics of difficult problems, using a simple web application. HS.Register is currently installed at five large Portuguese Hospitals and is composed of the following open-source components: HAproxy, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana. Results HS.Register currently collects and analyses an average of 93 million events per week and it is being used to document and audit HL7 communications. Discussion Auditing tools like HS.Register are likely to become mandatory in the near future to allow for traceability and detailed auditing for GDPR compliance.

Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act

THOMAS, 113th Congress

Rep. Hurt, Robert [R-VA-5

2013-04-15

Senate - 07/09/2013 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status Passed HouseHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

Notification: Audit of Administratively Determined Positions

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

Project #OA-FY18-0085, January 8, 2018. The OIG plans to begin preliminary research on the Office of the Administrator's use of its authority to fill administratively determined positions created pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendment of 1978.

Audit the BP Fund Act of 2010

THOMAS, 111th Congress

Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8

2010-07-30

Senate - 09/29/2010 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status Passed HouseHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

45 CFR 30.2. - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental... program beneficiaries, contractors, providers, suppliers, and grantees; audit disallowance determinations... amounts include amounts owed to the Medicare program under section 1862(b) of the Social Security Act...

45 CFR 30.2. - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental... program beneficiaries, contractors, providers, suppliers, and grantees; audit disallowance determinations... amounts include amounts owed to the Medicare program under section 1862(b) of the Social Security Act...

45 CFR 30.2. - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental... program beneficiaries, contractors, providers, suppliers, and grantees; audit disallowance determinations... amounts include amounts owed to the Medicare program under section 1862(b) of the Social Security Act...

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) FEMP Technical Assistance Federal Aviation Administration – Project 209 Control Tower and Support Building, Reno, Nevada

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Arends, J.; Sandusky, William F.

2010-06-30

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Redhorse Corporation (Redhorse) conducted an energy audit on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) control tower and base building in Reno, Nevada. This report presents the findings of the energy audit team that evaluated construction documents and operating specifications (at the 100% level) and completed a site visit. The focus of the review was to identify measures that could be incorporated into the final design and operating specifications that would result in additional energy savings for the FAA that would not have otherwise occurred.

Auditing and benchmarks in screening and diagnostic mammography.

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Feig, Stephen A

2007-09-01

Radiologists can use outcome data such as cancer size and stage to determine how well their own practice provides benefit to their patients and can use measures such as screening recall rates and positive predictive values to assess how well adverse consequences are being contained. New data on national benchmarks for screening and diagnostic mammography in the United States allow radiologists to evaluate their own performance with respect to their peers. This article discusses recommended outcome values in the United States and Europe, current Mammography Quality Standards Act audit requirements, and Institute of Medicine proposals for future requirements.

Statistics of Land-Grant Colleges, Year Ended June 30, 1922. Bulletin, 1924, No. 6

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Blauch, L. E.

1924-01-01

This report is made in accordance with the provisions of the land-grant act of 1862 and the Morrill-Nelson Acts of 1890 and 1907. To assure the proper usage of these funds, the specialist in charge of land-grant college statistics makes, from reports submitted by the treasurers of the land-grant colleges, an audit of disbursements from the funds.…

A Study of the Experiences of Alternatively Certified Special Education Teachers Related to the Requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

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Veale, Natasha W.

2010-01-01

A No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 Title II audit found the state of North Carolina out of compliance with the definition of teacher quality for secondary special education teachers. The state specific Praxis exam and the Highly Objective, Uniform State Standard of Evaluation these teachers completed to earn certification to teach subject area…

Psychometric properties of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and prevalence of alcohol use among Iranian psychiatric outpatients.

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Noorbakhsh, Simasadat; Shams, Jamal; Faghihimohamadi, Mohamadmahdi; Zahiroddin, Hanieh; Hallgren, Mats; Kallmen, Hakan

2018-01-30

Iran is a developing and Islamic country where the consumption of alcoholic beverages is banned. However, psychiatric disorders and alcohol use disorders are often co-occurring. We used the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) to estimate the prevalence of alcohol use and examined the psychometric properties of the test among psychiatric outpatients in Teheran, Iran. AUDIT was completed by 846 consecutive (sequential) patients. Descriptive statistics, internal consistency (Cronbach alpha), confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses were used to analyze the prevalence of alcohol use, reliability and construct validity. 12% of men and 1% of women were hazardous alcohol consumers. Internal reliability of the Iranian version of AUDIT was excellent. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that the construct validity and the fit of previous factor structures (1, 2 and 3 factors) to data were not good and seemingly contradicted results from the explorative principal axis factoring, which showed that a 1-factor solution explained 77% of the co-variances. We could not reproduce the suggested factor structure of AUDIT, probably due to the skewed distribution of alcohol consumption. Only 19% of men and 3% of women scored above 0 on AUDIT. This could be explained by the fact that alcohol is illegal in Iran. In conclusion the AUDIT exhibited good internal reliability when used as a single scale. The prevalence estimates according to AUDIT were somewhat higher among psychiatric patients compared to what was reported by WHO regarding the general population.

Collation and comparison of multi-practice audit data: prevalence and treatment of known diabetes mellitus.

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Khunti, K; Goyder, E; Baker, R

1999-01-01

BACKGROUND: Different methods have been used to determine the prevalence and treatment of diabetes. Despite the large number of studies, previous estimations of prevalence and treatment have been carried out on relatively small numbers of patients, and then in only a few practices in single geographical regions. AIM: To investigate the feasibility of collating data from multi-practice audits organized by primary care audit groups in order to estimate the prevalence and treatment of patients with known diabetes, and to discuss the methodological issues and reasons for variation. METHOD: A postal questionnaire survey of all primary care audit groups in England and Wales that had conducted a multi-practice audit of diabetes between 1993-1995. Prevalence rates and patterns of diabetic care were compared with other community-based surveys of known diabetes from 1986-1996 identified on MEDLINE. RESULTS: Twenty-five (43%) audit groups supplied data from multi-practice audits of diabetes. Seven (28%) multi-practice audits involving 259 practices fulfilled the inclusion criteria for prevalence estimation. The overall prevalence of diabetes based on a population of 1,475,512 patients was 1.46% (range between audit groups = 1.18% to 1.66%; chi 2 = 308; df = 6; P < 0.0001). Male to female ratio was 1.15:1. Treatment of diabetes could be ascertained for 10 (40%) audit groups comprising 319 practices. Of these, 23.4% (range = 16.5%-27.4%) were controlled by diet, 48.5% (range = 43.6%-55.8%) were prescribed oral hypoglycaemic drugs, and 28.2% (range = 25.0%-32.4%) were treated with insulin. There were significant variations between audit groups in treatment pattern (chi 2 = 250; df = 18; P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: Prevalence and treatment rates of diabetes and other chronic diseases can be assessed and compared using data from multi-practice audits. Collation of audit data could improve the precision of quantitative estimates of health status in populations. A standard method of data recording and collection may provide a new approach that could considerably improve our ability to monitor disease and its management. PMID:10736888

Notification: Fieldwork Notification Letter to CSB Chairperson Vanessa Allen Sutherland

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Project #OA-FY16-0230, August 11, 2016. The EPA OIG plans to begin fieldwork for an audit of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014.

43 CFR 12.44 - Applicability.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... Lands: Interior Office of the Secretary of the Interior ADMINISTRATIVE AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS AND COST... Services; Social Services; Low-Income Home Energy Assistance; States' Program of Community Development... out the following programs of the Social Security Act: (i) Aid to Needy Families with Dependent...

Measurement invariance of the alcohol use disorders identification test: Establishing its factor structure in different settings and across gender.

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Moehring, Anne; Krause, Kristian; Guertler, Diana; Bischof, Gallus; Hapke, Ulfert; Freyer-Adam, Jennis; Baumann, Sophie; Batra, Anil; Rumpf, Hans-Juergen; Ulbricht, Sabina; John, Ulrich; Meyer, Christian

2018-05-31

The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is an internationally well-established screening tool for the assessment of hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption. To be valid for group comparisons, the AUDIT should measure the same latent construct with the same structure across groups. This is determined by measurement invariance. So far, measurement invariance of the AUDIT has rarely been investigated. We analyzed measurement invariance across gender and samples from different settings (i.e., inpatients from general hospital, patients from general medical practices, general population). A sample of n = 28,345 participants from general hospitals, general medical practices and the general population was provided from six studies. First, we used Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to establish the factorial structure of the AUDIT by comparing a single-factor model to a two-factor model for each group. Next, Multiple Group CFA was used to investigate measurement invariance. The two-factor structure was shown to be preferable for all groups. Furthermore, strict measurement invariance was established across all groups for the AUDIT. A two-factor structure for the AUDIT is preferred. Nevertheless, the one-factor structure also showed a good fit to the data. The findings support the AUDIT as a psychometrically valid and reliable screening instrument. Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

'Screening audit' as a quality assurance tool in good clinical practice compliant research environments.

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Park, Sinyoung; Nam, Chung Mo; Park, Sejung; Noh, Yang Hee; Ahn, Cho Rong; Yu, Wan Sun; Kim, Bo Kyung; Kim, Seung Min; Kim, Jin Seok; Rha, Sun Young

2018-04-25

With the growing amount of clinical research, regulations and research ethics are becoming more stringent. This trend introduces a need for quality assurance measures for ensuring adherence to research ethics and human research protection beyond Institutional Review Board approval. Audits, one of the most effective tools for assessing quality assurance, are measures used to evaluate Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and protocol compliance in clinical research. However, they are laborious, time consuming, and require expertise. Therefore, we developed a simple auditing process (a screening audit) and evaluated its feasibility and effectiveness. The screening audit was developed using a routine audit checklist based on the Severance Hospital's Human Research Protection Program policies and procedures. The measure includes 20 questions, and results are summarized in five categories of audit findings. We analyzed 462 studies that were reviewed by the Severance Hospital Human Research Protection Center between 2013 and 2017. We retrospectively analyzed research characteristics, reply rate, audit findings, associated factors and post-screening audit compliance, etc. RESULTS: Investigator reply rates gradually increased, except for the first year (73% → 26% → 53% → 49% → 55%). The studies were graded as "critical," "major," "minor," and "not a finding" (11.9, 39.0, 42.9, and 6.3%, respectively), based on findings and number of deficiencies. The auditors' decisions showed fair agreement with weighted kappa values of 0.316, 0.339, and 0.373. Low-risk level studies, single center studies, and non-phase clinical research showed more prevalent frequencies of being "major" or "critical" (p = 0.002, < 0.0001, < 0.0001, respectively). Inappropriateness of documents, failure to obtain informed consent, inappropriateness of informed consent process, and failure to protect participants' personal information were associated with higher audit grade (p < 0.0001, p = 0.0001, p < 0.0001, p = 0.003). We were able to observe critical GCP violations in the routine internal audit results of post-screening audit compliance checks in "non-responding" and "critical" studies upon applying the screening audit. Our screening audit is a simple and effective way to assess overall GCP compliance by institutions and to ensure medical ethics. The tool also provides useful selection criteria for conducting routine audits.

What can we learn from a decade of database audits? The Duke Clinical Research Institute experience, 1997--2006.

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Rostami, Reza; Nahm, Meredith; Pieper, Carl F

2009-04-01

Despite a pressing and well-documented need for better sharing of information on clinical trials data quality assurance methods, many research organizations remain reluctant to publish descriptions of and results from their internal auditing and quality assessment methods. We present findings from a review of a decade of internal data quality audits performed at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, a large academic research organization that conducts data management for a diverse array of clinical studies, both academic and industry-sponsored. In so doing, we hope to stimulate discussions that could benefit the wider clinical research enterprise by providing insight into methods of optimizing data collection and cleaning, ultimately helping patients and furthering essential research. We present our audit methodologies, including sampling methods, audit logistics, sample sizes, counting rules used for error rate calculations, and characteristics of audited trials. We also present database error rates as computed according to two analytical methods, which we address in detail, and discuss the advantages and drawbacks of two auditing methods used during this 10-year period. Our review of the DCRI audit program indicates that higher data quality may be achieved from a series of small audits throughout the trial rather than through a single large database audit at database lock. We found that error rates trended upward from year to year in the period characterized by traditional audits performed at database lock (1997-2000), but consistently trended downward after periodic statistical process control type audits were instituted (2001-2006). These increases in data quality were also associated with cost savings in auditing, estimated at 1000 h per year, or the efforts of one-half of a full time equivalent (FTE). Our findings are drawn from retrospective analyses and are not the result of controlled experiments, and may therefore be subject to unanticipated confounding. In addition, the scope and type of audits we examine here are specific to our institution, and our results may not be broadly generalizable. Use of statistical process control methodologies may afford advantages over more traditional auditing methods, and further research will be necessary to confirm the reliability and usability of such techniques. We believe that open and candid discussion of data quality assurance issues among academic and clinical research organizations will ultimately benefit the entire research community in the coming era of increased data sharing and re-use.

Identifying harmful drinking using a single screening question in a psychiatric consultation-liaison population.

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Massey, Suena H; Norris, Lorenzo; Lausin, Melissa; Nwaneri, Chinyere; Lieberman, Daniel Z

2011-01-01

Harmful drinking is common in medical inpatients, yet commonly missed due in part to time pressures. A screening question about past year heavy drinking recommended by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has been validated in primary care and emergency room settings. We tested the psychometric properties of a modified single screening question (SSQ) in hospitalized patients referred to a consultation-liaison service. A psychiatry attending (n = 40), a psychiatry resident (n = 30) and a medical student (n = 30) administered the SSQ, followed by a self-report 10-item Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) to a sample of 100 consultation-liaison patients who were able to give informed consent for participation. Using the AUDIT as a reference, the sensitivity and specificity of the SSQ to detect harmful drinking in this sample were .96 and .82, respectively. Gender differences in specificity were not found. The single question also had a strong correlation with dependence (r(b) = .457, p < .001), and harmful use (r(b) = .620, p < .001) subscales of the AUDIT. The SSQ about past year heavy drinking can rapidly identify harmful drinking in alert nonpsychotic consultation-liaison patients. Copyright © 2011 The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Significant reduction in red blood cell transfusions in a general hospital after successful implementation of a restrictive transfusion policy supported by prospective computerized order auditing.

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Yerrabothala, Swaroopa; Desrosiers, Kevin P; Szczepiorkowski, Zbigniew M; Dunbar, Nancy M

2014-10-01

Our hospital transfusion policy was recently revised to recommend single-unit red blood cell transfusion (RBC TXN) for nonbleeding inpatients when the hemoglobin (Hb) level is not more than 7 g/dL. Our computerized provider order entry system was reconfigured to provide real-time decision support using prospective computerized order auditing based on the most recent Hb level and to remove the single-click ordering option for 2-unit RBC TXNs to enhance compliance. This study was undertaken to assess the impact of these changes on hospital transfusion practice. This study analyzed the total number of transfusion events, proportion of single and 2-unit transfusions and the Hb transfusion trigger in the preimplementation period (October 2011-March 2012) compared to the postimplementation period (October 2012-March 2013). In the postimplementation period the total number of RBC units transfused/1000 patient-days decreased from 60.8 to 44.2 (p < 0.0001). The proportion of 2-unit TXNs decreased from 47% to 15% (p < 0.0001). We also observed significant decreases in pretransfusion Hb triggers. Implementation of restrictive transfusion policy supported by prospective computerized order auditing has resulted in significantly decreased RBC utilization at our institution. © 2014 AABB.

Comparative dosimetry study of three UK centres implementing total skin electron treatment through external audit.

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Misson-Yates, S; Gonzalez, R; McGovern, M; Greener, A

2015-05-01

This article describes the external audit measurements conducted in two UK centres implementing total skin electron beam therapy (TSEBT) and the results obtained. Measurements of output, energy, beam flatness and symmetry at a standard distance (95 or 100 cm SSD) were performed using a parallel plate chamber in solid water. Similarly, output and energy measurements were also performed at the treatment plane for single and dual fields. Clinical simulations were carried out using thermoluminescent dosemeters (TLDs) and Gafchromic® film (International Specialty Products, Wayne, NJ) on an anthropomorphic phantom. Extended distance measurements confirmed that local values for the beam dosimetry at Centres A and B were within 2% for outputs and 1-mm agreement of the expected depth at which the dose is 50% of the maximum for the depth-dose curve in water (R50,D) value. Clinical simulation using TLDs) showed an agreement of -1.6% and -6.7% compared with the expected mean trunk dose for each centre, respectively, and a variation within 10% (±1 standard deviation) across the trunk. The film results confirmed that the delivery of the treatment technique at each audited centre complies with the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer recommendations. This audit methodology has proven to be a successful way to confirm the agreement of dosimetric parameters for TSEBT treatments at both audited centres and could serve as the basis for an audit template to be used by other audit groups. TSEBT audits are not established in the UK owing to a limited number of centres carrying out the treatment technique. This article describes the audits performed at two UK centres prior to their clinical implementation.

Comparative dosimetry study of three UK centres implementing total skin electron treatment through external audit

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Gonzalez, R; McGovern, M; Greener, A

2015-01-01

Objective: This article describes the external audit measurements conducted in two UK centres implementing total skin electron beam therapy (TSEBT) and the results obtained. Methods: Measurements of output, energy, beam flatness and symmetry at a standard distance (95 or 100 cm SSD) were performed using a parallel plate chamber in solid water. Similarly, output and energy measurements were also performed at the treatment plane for single and dual fields. Clinical simulations were carried out using thermoluminescent dosemeters (TLDs) and Gafchromic® film (International Specialty Products, Wayne, NJ) on an anthropomorphic phantom. Results: Extended distance measurements confirmed that local values for the beam dosimetry at Centres A and B were within 2% for outputs and 1-mm agreement of the expected depth at which the dose is 50% of the maximum for the depth–dose curve in water (R50,D) value. Clinical simulation using TLDs) showed an agreement of −1.6% and −6.7% compared with the expected mean trunk dose for each centre, respectively, and a variation within 10% (±1 standard deviation) across the trunk. The film results confirmed that the delivery of the treatment technique at each audited centre complies with the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer recommendations. Conclusion: This audit methodology has proven to be a successful way to confirm the agreement of dosimetric parameters for TSEBT treatments at both audited centres and could serve as the basis for an audit template to be used by other audit groups. Advances in knowledge: TSEBT audits are not established in the UK owing to a limited number of centres carrying out the treatment technique. This article describes the audits performed at two UK centres prior to their clinical implementation. PMID:25761213

Mixed methods evaluation of a quality improvement and audit tool for nurse-to-nurse bedside clinical handover in ward settings.

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Redley, Bernice; Waugh, Rachael

2018-04-01

Nurse bedside handover quality is influenced by complex interactions related to the content, processes used and the work environment. Audit tools are seldom tested in 'real' settings. Examine the reliability, validity and usability of a quality improvement tool for audit of nurse bedside handover. Naturalistic, descriptive, mixed-methods. Six inpatient wards at a single large not-for-profit private health service in Victoria, Australia. Five nurse experts and 104 nurses involved in 199 change-of-shift bedside handovers. A focus group with experts and pilot test were used to examine content and face validity, and usability of the handover audit tool. The tool was examined for inter-rater reliability and usability using observation audits of handovers across six wards. Data were collected in 2013-2014. Two independent observers for 72 audits demonstrated acceptable inter-observer agreement for 27 (77%) items. Reliability was weak for items examining the handover environment. Seventeen items were not observed reflecting gaps in practices. Across 199 observation audits, gaps in nurse bedside handover practice most often related to process and environment, rather than content items. Usability was impacted by high observer burden, familiarity and non-specific illustrative behaviours. The reliability and validity of most items to audit handover content was acceptable. Gaps in practices for process and environment items were identified. Context specific exemplars and reducing the items used at each handover audit can enhance usability. Further research is needed to develop context specific exemplars and undertake additional reliability testing using a wide range of handover settings. CONTRIBUTION OF THE PAPER. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Mitigating Cybersecurity Risks.

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Rose, Rachel V; Kass, Joseph S

2017-04-01

Cybersecurity issues and their impact on compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act are becoming more of an enforcement focus for a variety of government agencies, including the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Justice. In the case presented in this article, a nurse in a neurology practice opted to speak with a patient about human immunodeficiency virus testing procedures in a manner audible to others in the waiting room. Computer screens with patient information were visible to anyone approaching a desk, the staff had not been trained on cybersecurity issues, and malware infected the computers used in the practice. In light of these circumstances and the launch of Phase 2 of the HIPAA Audit Program by the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, the neurology practice must consider the following questions. First, could the gaps in the technical, administrative, and physical requirements of HIPAA and the HITECH Act result in an adverse audit and penalties? Second, what course of action does the law mandate in response to a ransomware attack?

Use of AUDIT-based measures to identify unhealthy alcohol use and alcohol dependence in primary care: a validation study.

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Johnson, J Aaron; Lee, Anna; Vinson, Daniel; Seale, J Paul

2013-01-01

As programs for screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for unhealthy alcohol use disseminate, evidence-based approaches for identifying patients with unhealthy alcohol use and alcohol dependence (AD) are needed. While the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Clinician Guide suggests use of a single alcohol screening question (SASQ) for screening and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual checklists for assessment, many SBIRT programs use alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) "zones" for screening and assessment. Validation data for these zones are limited. This study used primary care data from a bi-ethnic southern U.S. population to examine the ability of the AUDIT zones and other AUDIT-based approaches to identify unhealthy alcohol use and dependence. Existing data were analyzed from interviews with 625 female and male adult drinkers presenting to 5 southeastern primary care practices. Timeline follow-back was used to identify at-risk drinking, and diagnostic interview schedule was used to identify alcohol abuse and dependence. Validity measures compared performance of AUDIT, AUDIT-C, and AUDIT dependence domains scores, with and without a 30-day binge drinking measure, for detecting unhealthy alcohol use and dependence. Optimal AUDIT scores for detecting unhealthy alcohol use were lower than current commonly used cutoffs (5 for men, 3 for women). Improved performance was obtained by combining AUDIT cutoffs of 6 for men and 4 for women with a 30-day binge drinking measure. AUDIT scores of 15 for men and 13 for women detected AD with 100% specificity but low sensitivity (20 and 18%, respectively). AUDIT dependence subscale scores of 2 or more showed similar specificity (99%) and slightly higher sensitivity (31% for men, 24% for women). Combining lower AUDIT cutoff scores and binge drinking measures may increase the detection of unhealthy alcohol use in primary care. Use of lower cutoff scores and dependence subscale scores may increase diagnosis of AD; however, better measures for detecting dependence are needed. Copyright © 2012 by the Research Society on Alcoholism.

ED accreditation update. Physicians, medical staff may report safety concerns without fear of disciplinary action.

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2007-11-01

Educating your staff about The Joint Commission's requirements for concerns about hospital safety and quality of care requires the ED manager to set a tone of openness and cooperation, while at the same time emphasizing your department's role in addressing such concerns: * The ED should be the first place that staff members communicate quality and safety concerns. It is only when a problem is not addressed that they should take the issue to hospital administration and, if necessary, The Joint Commission. * A single event should not trigger a report to The Joint Commission, unless it is unusually serious. Otherwise, only a series of events should trigger a report. * Reassure your staff that you care about what is reported and will act quickly on it. Educate your staff about the reporting forms, and follow up with random audits to ensure compliance.

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Arends, J.; Sandusky, William F.

2010-06-28

This report documents an energy audit performed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Redhorse Corporation (Redhorse) conducted on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) control tower and base building in Boise, Idaho. This report presents findings of the energy audit team that evaluated construction documents and operating specifications (at the 100% level) followed by a site visit of the facility under construction. The focus of the review was to identify measures that could be incorporated into the final design and operating specifications that would result in additional energy savings for FAA that would not have otherwise occurred.

Methodology of Systems' Development for the Internal Audit: The Case of the SME

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Gountaras, George

2009-08-01

Recent changes in regulations of the most important institutions and Enterprises of USA, UK and Greece due to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are modified the vision about the enterprises activities' inspection. This article investigates the role of the applied instruments in the successful realization of internal audit in the Small and Medium Enterprises in Greece. The hindered development of this kind of enterprises related to the intensive market competition is taken in consideration. The most important analyzed factors are the operations effectiveness and efficiency, the reliability of economic statements, and the adaptation to the legal frame of business development.

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Caesarean section audit to improve quality of care in a rural referral hospital in Tanzania.

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Dekker, Luuk; Houtzager, Tessa; Kilume, Omary; Horogo, John; van Roosmalen, Jos; Nyamtema, Angelo Sadock

2018-05-15

Caesarean section (CS) is often a life-saving procedure, but can also lead to serious complications, even more so in low-resource settings. Therefore unnecessary CS should be avoided and optimal circumstances for vaginal delivery should be created. In this study, we aim to audit indications for Caesarean sections and improve decision-making and obstetric management. Audit of all cases of CS performed from January to August 2013 was performed in a rural referral hospital in Tanzania. The study period was divided in three audit blocks; retrospective (before auditing), prospective 1 and prospective 2. A local audit panel (LP) and an external auditor (EA) judged if obstetric management was adequate and indications were appropriate or if CS could have been prevented and yet retain good pregnancy outcome. Furthermore, changes in modes of deliveries, overall pregnancy outcome and decision-to-delivery interval were monitored. During the study period there were 1868 deliveries. Of these, 403 (21.6%) were Caesarean sections. The proportions of unjustified CS prior to introduction of audit were as high as 34 and 75%, according to the respective judgments of LP and EA. Following introduction of audit, the proportions of unjustified CS decreased to 23% (p = 0.29) and 52% (p = 0.01) according to LP and EA respectively. However, CS rate did not change (20.2 to 21.7%), assisted vacuum delivery rate did not increase (3.9 to 1.8%) and median decision-to-delivery interval was 83 min (range 10 - 390 min). Although this is a single center study, these findings suggest that unnecessary Caesarean sections exist at an alarming rate even in referral hospitals and suggest that a vast number can be averted by introducing a focused CS audit system. Our findings indicate that CS audit is a useful tool and, if well implemented, can enhance rational use of resources, improve decision-making and harmonise practice among care providers.

Auditing of clinical research ethics in a children's and women's academic hospital.

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Bortolussi, Robert; Nicholson, Diann

2002-06-01

Canadian and international guidelines for research ethics practices have advocated that research ethics boards (REBs) should implement mechanisms to review and monitor human research. Despite this, few Canadian REBs fulfil this expectation. The objective of this report is to summarize the results of 6 audits of clinical research ethics conducted between 1992 and 2000 in a children's and women's academic hospital in Canada in an effort to guide other academic centres planning a similar process. Research audits were conducted by members of a research audit review committee made up of REB volunteers. With use of random and selective processes, approximately 10% of research protocols were audited through interviews with research investigators and research coordinators and by sampling research records. Predetermined criteria were used to assess evidence of good record keeping, data monitoring, adherence to protocol, consents and the recording of adverse events during the research study. An estimate of time required to undertake an audit was made by recall of participants and records. Thirty-five research studies were reviewed including 16 multicentre clinical trials and 19 single-site clinical studies. Review of record keeping and research practice revealed some deficiencies: researchers failed to maintain original authorization (7%) or renewal documentation (9%); there was 1 instance of improper storage of medication; in 5% of 174 participants for whom consent was reviewed, an outdated consent form had been used, and in 4% the signature of the enrolee was not properly shown. Other deficiencies in consent documentation occurred in less than 2% of cases. Nineteen recommendations were made with respect to deficiencies and process issues. A total of 9 to 20 person-hours are required to review each protocol in a typical audit of this type. Information from research audits has been useful to develop educational programs to correct deficiencies identified through the audits. The research audit is a valuable tool in improving research ethics performance but requires considerable resources.

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Improving preterm infants' immunisation status: a follow-up audit.

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Crawford, Nigel W; Barfield, Charles; Hunt, Rod W; Pitcher, Helen; Buttery, Jim P

2014-04-01

Preterm infants are at increased risk of vaccine preventable diseases. An audit in 2007 identified suboptimal immunisation status of preterm infants. The aim of this study was to complete the 'audit loop', reviewing preterm infants' immunisation status at a single tertiary paediatric hospital. A retrospective follow-up immunisation audit was conducted at The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, neonatal unit. The 'audit loop' included a preterm infants' reminder sticker and feedback of the original audit findings to Royal Children's Hospital health-care professionals. Immunisation status was determined using the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register record for all admitted preterm infants born <32 weeks gestation (July 2008-June 2009). Conducted in March 2011, the median age of participants (n = 57) was 2.5 years (range 1.7-3.1 years). Forty-four per cent (25/57) had a history of chronic lung disease, 86% (49/57) were <1500 g and 42% (24/57) <28 weeks gestation. The majority (96% (55/57)) were up to date with routine immunisations at 12 months of age. There was a 2.4-fold increase, compared with the original audit, for receipt of the additional recommended hepatitis B vaccine at 12 months of age, as well as influenza vaccine in infants with chronic lung disease. This study showed that a simple reminder combined with education strategies can improve vaccine delivery in special risk groups such as preterm infants. © 2013 The Authors. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health © 2013 Paediatrics and Child Health Division (Royal Australasian College of Physicians).

Nurse-assessed metabolic monitoring: a file audit of risk factor prevalence and impact of an intervention to enhance measurement of waist circumference.

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Rosenbaum, Simon; Nijjar, Sukh; Watkins, Andrew; Garwood, Natasha; Sherrington, Catherine; Tiedemann, Anne

2014-06-01

The aim of the present study was to: (i) document the prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable diseases among mental health consumers (inpatients) with various diagnoses; and (ii) audit the frequency of waist circumference (WC) documentation before and after an intervention that involved a single nurse-education session, and change in assessment-form design. The study was undertaken in a private psychiatric hospital in Sydney, Australia. Twenty-five nurses participated in the educational intervention. File audits were performed prior to intervention delivery (n = 60), and 3 months' (n = 60), and 9 months' (n = 60) post-intervention. Files were randomly selected, and demographic (age, diagnosis) and risk factor (WC, body mass index (BMI), smoking status, blood pressure) data were extracted. WC was higher in this cohort compared to published general population means, and only 19% of patients had a BMI within the healthy range. In total, 37% of patients smoked, while 31% were hypertensive. At baseline, none of the audited files reported WC, which increased to 35 of the 60 (58%) files audited at the 3-month follow up. At the 9-month follow up, 25 of the 60 (42%) files audited reported a WC. In the 120 post-intervention files audited, only two patients refused measurement. These results illustrate the poor physical health of inpatients, and suggest that nurse-assessed metabolic monitoring can be enhanced with minimal training. © 2014 Australian College of Mental Health Nurses Inc.

Capacity in vacuo: an audit of decision-making capacity assessments in a liaison psychiatry service

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Spencer, Benjamin W. J.; Wilson, Gareth; Okon-Rocha, Ewa; Owen, Gareth S.; Wilson Jones, Charlotte

2017-01-01

Aims and method We aimed to audit the documentation of decision-making capacity (DMC) assessments by our liaison psychiatry service against the legal criteria set out in the Mental Capacity Act 2005. We audited 3 months split over a 2-year period occurring before, during and after an educational intervention to staff. Results There were 21 assessments of DMC in month 1 (6.9% of all referrals), 27 (9.7%) in month 16, and 24 (6.6%) in month 21. Only during the intervention (month 16) did any meet our gold-standard (n = 2). Severity of consequences of the decision (odds ratio (OR) 24.4) and not agreeing to the intervention (OR = 21.8) were highly likely to result in lacking DMC. Clinical implications Our audit demonstrated that DMC assessments were infrequent and poorly documented, with no effect of our legally focused educational intervention demonstrated. Our findings of factors associated with the outcome of the assessment of DMC confirm the anecdotal beliefs in this area. Clinicians and service leads need to carefully consider how to make the legal model of DMC more meaningful to clinicians when striving to improve documentation of DMC assessments. PMID:28184310

Capacity in vacuo: an audit of decision-making capacity assessments in a liaison psychiatry service.

PubMed

Spencer, Benjamin W J; Wilson, Gareth; Okon-Rocha, Ewa; Owen, Gareth S; Wilson Jones, Charlotte

2017-02-01

Aims and method We aimed to audit the documentation of decision-making capacity (DMC) assessments by our liaison psychiatry service against the legal criteria set out in the Mental Capacity Act 2005. We audited 3 months split over a 2-year period occurring before, during and after an educational intervention to staff. Results There were 21 assessments of DMC in month 1 (6.9% of all referrals), 27 (9.7%) in month 16, and 24 (6.6%) in month 21. Only during the intervention (month 16) did any meet our gold-standard ( n = 2). Severity of consequences of the decision (odds ratio (OR) 24.4) and not agreeing to the intervention (OR = 21.8) were highly likely to result in lacking DMC. Clinical implications Our audit demonstrated that DMC assessments were infrequent and poorly documented, with no effect of our legally focused educational intervention demonstrated. Our findings of factors associated with the outcome of the assessment of DMC confirm the anecdotal beliefs in this area. Clinicians and service leads need to carefully consider how to make the legal model of DMC more meaningful to clinicians when striving to improve documentation of DMC assessments.

Recovery Audit Contractor medical necessity readiness: one health system's journey.

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Scott, Judith A; Camden, Mindy

2011-01-01

To develop a sustainable approach to Recovery Audit Contractor medical necessity readiness that mitigates the regulatory and financial risks of the organization. Acute care hospitals. Utilizing the model for improvement and plan-do-study-act methodology, this health system designed and implemented a medical necessity case management program. We focused on 3 areas for improvement: medical necessity review accuracy, review timeliness, and physician adviser participation for secondary reviews. Over several months, we improved accuracy and timeliness of our medical necessity reviews while also generating additional inpatient revenue for the health system. We successfully enhanced regulatory compliance and reduced our financial risks associated with Recovery Audit Contractor medical necessity audits. A successful medical necessity case management program can not only enhance regulatory compliance and reduce the amount of payments recouped by Medicare, but also generate additional inpatient revenue for your organization. With health care reform and accountable care organizations on the horizon, hospitals must find ways to protect and enhance revenue in order to carry out their missions. This is one way for case managers to help in that cause, to advocate for the care of their patients, and to bring value to the organization.

What can we learn from a decade of database audits? The Duke Clinical Research Institute experience, 1997–2006

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Rostami, Reza; Nahm, Meredith; Pieper, Carl F.

2011-01-01

Background Despite a pressing and well-documented need for better sharing of information on clinical trials data quality assurance methods, many research organizations remain reluctant to publish descriptions of and results from their internal auditing and quality assessment methods. Purpose We present findings from a review of a decade of internal data quality audits performed at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, a large academic research organization that conducts data management for a diverse array of clinical studies, both academic and industry-sponsored. In so doing, we hope to stimulate discussions that could benefit the wider clinical research enterprise by providing insight into methods of optimizing data collection and cleaning, ultimately helping patients and furthering essential research. Methods We present our audit methodologies, including sampling methods, audit logistics, sample sizes, counting rules used for error rate calculations, and characteristics of audited trials. We also present database error rates as computed according to two analytical methods, which we address in detail, and discuss the advantages and drawbacks of two auditing methods used during this ten-year period. Results Our review of the DCRI audit program indicates that higher data quality may be achieved from a series of small audits throughout the trial rather than through a single large database audit at database lock. We found that error rates trended upward from year to year in the period characterized by traditional audits performed at database lock (1997–2000), but consistently trended downward after periodic statistical process control type audits were instituted (2001–2006). These increases in data quality were also associated with cost savings in auditing, estimated at 1000 hours per year, or the efforts of one-half of a full time equivalent (FTE). Limitations Our findings are drawn from retrospective analyses and are not the result of controlled experiments, and may therefore be subject to unanticipated confounding. In addition, the scope and type of audits we examine here are specific to our institution, and our results may not be broadly generalizable. Conclusions Use of statistical process control methodologies may afford advantages over more traditional auditing methods, and further research will be necessary to confirm the reliability and usability of such techniques. We believe that open and candid discussion of data quality assurance issues among academic and clinical research organizations will ultimately benefit the entire research community in the coming era of increased data sharing and re-use. PMID:19342467

Patient outcome of emergency laparotomy improved with increasing "number of surgeons on-call" in a university hospital: Audit loop.

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Hussain, Anwar; Mahmood, Fahad; Teng, Chui; Jafferbhoy, Sadaf; Luke, David; Tsiamis, Achilleas

2017-11-01

Emergency laparotomy is a commonly performed high-mortality surgical procedure. The National Emergency Laparotomy Network (NELA) published an average mortality rate of 11.1% and a median length of stay equivalent to 16.3 days in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy. This study presents a completed audit loop after implementing the change of increasing the number of on-call surgeons in the general surgery rota of a university hospital. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of emergency laparotomy in a single UK tertiary centre after addition of one more consultant in the daily on-call rota. This is a retrospective study involving patients who underwent emergency laparotomy between March to May 2013 (first audit) and June to August 2015 (second audit). The study parameters stayed the same. The adult patients undergoing emergency laparotomy under the general surgical take were included. Appendicectomy, cholecystectomy and simple inguinal hernia repair patients were excluded. Data was collected on patient demographics, ASA, morbidity, 30-day mortality and length of hospital stay. Statistical analysis including logistic regression was performed using SPSS. During the second 3-month period, 123 patients underwent laparotomy compared to 84 in the first audit. Median age was 65(23-93) years. 56.01% cases were ASA III or above in the re-audit compared to 41.9% in the initial audit. 38% patients had bowel anastomosis compared to 35.7% in the re-audit with 4.2% leak rate in the re-audit compared to 16.6% in the first audit. 30-day mortality was 10.50% in the re-audit compared to 21% and median length of hospital stay 11 days in the re-audit compared to 16 days. The lower ASA grade was significantly associated with increased likelihood of being alive, as was being female, younger age and not requiring ITU admission post-operatively. However, having a second on-call consultant was 2.231 times more likely to increase the chances of patients not dying (p = 0.031). Our audit-loop suggests that adding a second consultant to the daily on-call rota significantly reduces postoperative mortality and morbidity. Age, ASA and ITU admission are other independent factors affecting patient outcomes. We suggest this change be applied to other high volume centres across the country to improve the outcomes after emergency laparotomy.

78 FR 55121 - Proposed Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request; Termination of...

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32 CFR Appendix F to Part 286 - DoD Freedom of Information Act Program Components

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2010-07-01

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49 CFR 33.71 - Audits and investigations.

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2013-10-01

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49 CFR 33.71 - Audits and investigations.

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2012-10-01

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75 FR 77010 - Regular Board of Directors Meeting; Sunshine Act

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18 CFR 4.21 - Reports.

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2014-04-01

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18 CFR 4.21 - Reports.

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2011-04-01

... PROJECT COSTS Determination of Cost of Constructed Projects not Subject to Section 23(a) of the Act § 4.21 Reports. Representatives of the Commission will inspect the project works, engineering reports, and other records of the project, check the inventory and estimated depreciation, make an audit of the books...

77 FR 8324 - Sunshine Act Meeting Notice, February 16, 2012

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20 CFR 638.807 - Imprest and petty cash funds.

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2010-04-01

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Audit Report on "The Department's Management of the ENERGY STAR Program"

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

None

2009-10-01

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) authorized about $300 million in consumer rebate incentives for purchases of products rated under the 'ENERGY STAR' Program. ENERGY STAR, a voluntary labeling program established in 1992, provides consumers with energy efficiency data for a range of products so that they can make informed purchase judgments. The overall goal of the program is to encourage consumers to choose energy efficient products, advancing the nationwide goal of reducing energy consumption. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) managed the ENERGY STAR Program on a stand-alone basis until 1996 when it joined forces with themore » Department of Energy (Department). A Memorandum of Cooperation expanded the ENERGY STAR product categories, giving the Department responsibility for overseeing eight product categories such as windows, dishwashers, clothes washers, and refrigerators, while EPA retained responsibility for electronic product categories and heating, ventilating, and cooling equipment. Each agency is responsible for setting product efficiency specifications for those items under its control and for ensuring the proper use of the ENERGY STAR label in the marketplace. In August 2007, the EPA Office of Inspector General issued an audit report identifying significant control weaknesses in EPA's management of ENERGY STAR. The Department, concerned by the findings at EPA and eager to improve its own program, developed an approach to verify adherence to product specifications, ensure proper use of the ENERGY STAR label in the marketplace, and improve the establishment of product specifications. As evidenced by the commitment of $300 million in Recovery Act funds, the ENERGY STAR Program plays an important role in the U.S. efforts to reduce energy consumption. We initiated this audit to determine whether the Department had implemented the actions it announced in 2007 to strengthen the Program. The Department had not implemented planned improvements in the ENERGY STAR Program. Our audit revealed that officials had not: (1) Developed a formal quality assurance program to help ensure that product specifications were adhered to; (2) Effectively monitored the use of the ENERGY STAR label to ensure that only qualifying products were labeled as compliant; and (3) Formalized procedures for establishing and revising product specifications and for documenting decisions regarding those specifications. In our judgment, the delay in the Department's planned improvements in its management of the ENERGY STAR Program could reduce consumer confidence in the integrity of the ENERGY STAR label. Such loss of credibility could reduce energy savings, increase consumer risk, and diminish the value of the recent infusion of $300 million for ENERGY STAR rebates under the Recovery Act.« less

Audit Report on "The Department's Management of Nuclear Materials Provided to Domestic Licensees"

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None

The objective if to determine whether the Department of Energy (Department) was adequately managing its nuclear materials provided to domestic licensees. The audit was performed from February 2007 to September 2008 at Department Headquarters in Washington, DC, and Germantown, MD; the Oak Ridge Office and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, TN. In addition, we visited or obtained data from 40 different non-Departmental facilities in various states. To accomplish the audit objective, we: (1) Reviewed Departmental and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requirements for the control and accountability of nuclear materials; (2) Analyzed a Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguardsmore » System (NMMSS) report with ending inventory balances for Department-owned nuclear materials dated September 30, 2007, to determine the amount and types of nuclear materials located at non-Department domestic facilities; (3) Held discussions with Department and NRC personnel that used NMMSS information to determine their roles and responsibilities related to the control and accountability over nuclear materials; (4) Selected a judgmental sample of 40 non-Department domestic facilities; (5) Met with licensee officials and sent confirmations to determine whether their actual inventories of Department-owned nuclear materials were consistent with inventories reported in the NMMSS; and, (6) Analyzed historical information related to the 2004 NMMSS inventory rebaselining initiative to determine the quantity of Department-owned nuclear materials that were written off from the domestic licensees inventory balances. This performance audit was conducted in accordance with generally accepted Government auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain sufficient, appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objective. We believe that the evidence obtained provides a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives. The audit included tests of controls and compliance with laws and regulations related to managing the Department-owned nuclear materials provided to non-Departmental domestic licensees. Because our review was limited it would not necessarily have disclosed all internal control deficiencies that may have existed at the time of our audit. We examined the establishment of performance measures in accordance with Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, as they related to the audit objective. We found that the Department had established performance measures related to removing or disposing of nuclear materials and radiological sources around the world. We utilized computer generated data during our audit and performed procedures to validate the reliability of the information as necessary to satisfy our audit objective. As noted in the report, we questioned the reliability of the NMMSS data.« less

Army Corps of Engineers: Additional Steps Needed for Review and Revision of Water Control Manuals

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-07-01

flow for an endangered fish species . However, two knowledgeable stakeholders we interviewed said that many of the Corps’ rule curves assume that the...manuals have not been revised to account for changing conditions. The Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 included a provision for GAO to...reservoirs. Section 1046 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 includes a provision for us to audit the Corps’ reviews of project

Texas State Library Grant Management Handbook: A Procedures Manual to Uniform Grants and Contract Management Standards Based on Texas Civil Statutes, Article 4413 (32g) and the Common Rule for Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Conable, Sharon R.

The purpose of this manual is to provide a conceptual framework of information concerning the reporting, financial, contractual, and auditing requirements for recipients of Texas State Library grants funded with state and federal funds under the Library Systems Act (LSA) and the Library Service and Construction Act (LSCA). The manual is divided…

Grant Management Handbook: A Procedures Manual to Uniform Grants and Contract Management Standards Based on Texas Civil Statutes, Article 4413 (32g) and the Common Rule for Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Conable, Sharon R.

This manual provides a conceptual framework and reference source concerning the reporting, financial contractual, and auditing requirements for recipients of Texas State Library grants funded with state and federal funds under the Library Systems Act (LSA) and the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA). The handbook is divided into 12…

76 FR 21109 - Rural Energy for America Program

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...The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (Agency) is establishing an interim rule for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which is authorized under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. This interim rule modifies the existing grant and guaranteed loan program for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements. In addition, it adds a grant program for feasibility studies for renewable energy systems and a grant program for energy audits and renewable energy development assistance, as provided in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.

Department's Negotiated Rulemaking Process for Gainful Employment. Final Audit Report.

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US Department of Education, 2012

2012-01-01

The Department of Education (Department) is required to use negotiated rulemaking to develop proposed regulations for programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). Under negotiated rulemaking, the Department works to develop the proposed regulations in collaboration with representatives of the parties…

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Notification: Review of EPA’s Compliance With Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 During Fiscal Year 2014

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Project #OA-FY15-0032, November 4, 2014. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is beginning an audit of the EPA's reporting of improper payments during fiscal year 2014.

12 CFR 225.122 - Bank holding company ownership of mortgage companies.

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2011-01-01

... section 4 of the Act is to confine a bank holding company's activities to the management and control of... servicing exemption indicates that it includes the following activities: “auditing, appraising, investment... must be distinguished from activities of a “financial fiduciary, or insurance nature”, such as those...

Institutional Manager's Guide to Energy Conservation.

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Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Office of State and Local Programs.

The information provided in this guidebook is based on a field evaluation of grantees in the Institutional Conservation Program (ICP). The ICP, authorized by the National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978 and administered by the Department of Energy, provides energy audits and 50 percent matching grants for detailed energy analyses and for…

DOD Civil Support During the 2007 and 2008 California Wildland Fires

DTIC Science & Technology

2009-11-13

removing DOD assets from the electric grid so that the electricity could be used elsewhere. We reviewed:  prior audits;  the Stafford Act...42, section 1856a. Understanding the distinction between a local incident invo lving local mil itary commanders and local civilian officia ls verses

Income Tax Guide.

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Exceptional Parent, 1979

1979-01-01

The article outlines changes in the Internal Revenue Code with direct and general bearing on taxpayers with disabled family members. Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code included in the Revenue Act of 1978 are described in terms of credits, deductions, and exemptions; and suggestions are offered regarding record keeping, tax return audits, and…

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18 CFR 4.25 - Findings.

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2012-04-01

... PROJECT COSTS Determination of Cost of Constructed Projects not Subject to Section 23(a) of the Act § 4.25... project shall be adjusted to conform to the actual legitimate cost as revised by the order of the Commission. These adjustments and the project may be audited by Commission representatives, as scheduled...

18 CFR 4.25 - Findings.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... PROJECT COSTS Determination of Cost of Constructed Projects not Subject to Section 23(a) of the Act § 4.25... project shall be adjusted to conform to the actual legitimate cost as revised by the order of the Commission. These adjustments and the project may be audited by Commission representatives, as scheduled...

18 CFR 4.25 - Findings.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... PROJECT COSTS Determination of Cost of Constructed Projects not Subject to Section 23(a) of the Act § 4.25... project shall be adjusted to conform to the actual legitimate cost as revised by the order of the Commission. These adjustments and the project may be audited by Commission representatives, as scheduled...

18 CFR 4.11 - Reports.

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2014-04-01

... PROJECT COSTS Determination of Fair Value of Constructed Projects, Under Section 23(a) of the Act § 4.11 Reports. Representatives of the Commission will inspect the project works, engineering reports, and other records of the project, check the inventory and make an appraisal of the property and an audit of the...

18 CFR 4.11 - Reports.

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2011-04-01

... PROJECT COSTS Determination of Fair Value of Constructed Projects, Under Section 23(a) of the Act § 4.11 Reports. Representatives of the Commission will inspect the project works, engineering reports, and other records of the project, check the inventory and make an appraisal of the property and an audit of the...

18 CFR 4.25 - Findings.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... PROJECT COSTS Determination of Cost of Constructed Projects not Subject to Section 23(a) of the Act § 4.25... project shall be adjusted to conform to the actual legitimate cost as revised by the order of the Commission. These adjustments and the project may be audited by Commission representatives, as scheduled...

18 CFR 4.25 - Findings.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... PROJECT COSTS Determination of Cost of Constructed Projects not Subject to Section 23(a) of the Act § 4.25... project shall be adjusted to conform to the actual legitimate cost as revised by the order of the Commission. These adjustments and the project may be audited by Commission representatives, as scheduled...

16 CFR 1018.42 - Annual report.

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2010-01-01

... Congress as required by section 6(c) of the Advisory Committee Act. This report shall be prepared and... 16 Commercial Practices 2 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Annual report. 1018.42 Section 1018.42... Reports and Audits § 1018.42 Annual report. (a) The Advisory Committee Management Officer shall prepare an...

16 CFR 1018.42 - Annual report.

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2011-01-01

... Congress as required by section 6(c) of the Advisory Committee Act. This report shall be prepared and... 16 Commercial Practices 2 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Annual report. 1018.42 Section 1018.42... Reports and Audits § 1018.42 Annual report. (a) The Advisory Committee Management Officer shall prepare an...

16 CFR 1018.42 - Annual report.

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2014-01-01

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16 CFR 1018.42 - Annual report.

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2012-01-01

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45 CFR 305.0 - Scope.

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2011-10-01

... implements Federal audit requirements under sections 409(a)(8) and 452(a)(4) of the Act. Sections 305.0... 45 Public Welfare 2 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Scope. 305.0 Section 305.0 Public Welfare...), ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM PERFORMANCE MEASURES...

WASTE MINIMIZATION AUDIT REPORT: CASE STUDIES OF MINIMIZATION OF SOLVENT WASTE FROM PARTS CLEANING AND FROM ELECTRONIC CAPACITOR MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS

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To promote waste minimization activities in accordance with the national policy objectives established under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), the Hazardous Waste Engineering Research Laboratory (HWERL) of ...

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2012-10-31

... social security number, to a state prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP), or similar program, for... organizations in connection with the audit of claims or other review activities to determine quality of care or.... VA may disclose relevant information, including but not limited to, patient name, address, and social...

45 CFR Appendix to Part 1235 - Procedures To Resolve Questioned Costs

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2010-10-01

... AND COMMUNITY SERVICE LOCALLY GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS IN OLDER AMERICAN VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS Pt. 1235... any new auditing requirements. II. All expenditures in support of a federal grant may be reviewed by... because of: (1) An alleged violation of a provision of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as...

The importance of a supportive environment in clinical audit: a pilot study of doctors' engagement with the NHS National PET-CT audit programme.

PubMed

Ross, Peter; Hubert, Jane; Saunders, Mike; Wong, Wai Lup

2014-10-01

The NHS National PET-CT Audit Programme was launched in 2008 as part of a national NHS programme to widen patient access to PET-computed tomography (CT) imaging in England. However, to implement clinical audit effectively, healthcare professionals need to be fully engaged with the process. The purpose of the pilot study was to identify and explore the different factors that influence doctors' engagement with the National NHS PET-CT Audit Programme. A single embedded case study was undertaken, which centred on the NHS National PET-CT Audit Programme. Seven theoretical propositions drawn from a review of the literature were tested and their influence evaluated. A purposeful sample of 13 semistructured interviews with consultant doctors was taken from different hospitals over a 6-month period. The data were analysed using directed thematic content analysis, with the themes compared against the study's propositions. Doctors' perspectives of clinical audit changed in response to the way in which the audit was implemented. The main barriers to engagement were the lack of a common vision and poor communication, which contributed to poor interprofessional relationships and a perceived culture of blame. In contrast, factors that facilitated engagement centred on the adoption of a more supportive and collaborative approach, which in turn facilitated higher levels of trust between professionals. The dissemination of performance data was found to be a key influencing factor. The study makes use of a unique data set and to the best of our knowledge is one of the first studies to document how the dissemination of doctors' performance data positively influences engagement with clinical audit in England. In addition, the study also shows how, contrary to some studies in the literature, clinical audit can reduce professional anxiety by providing a validation of professional competence. The study supports the premise that clinical audit will be fully embraced by doctors only if they are sufficiently involved in the process so as to be able to redefine and clarify its purpose and meaning. The preliminary findings of this pilot study provide the theoretical underpinning for a national survey into reporter perspectives of the National PET-CT Audit Programme.

HIPAA-compliant automatic monitoring system for RIS-integrated PACS operation

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Jin, Jin; Zhang, Jianguo; Chen, Xiaomeng; Sun, Jianyong; Yang, Yuanyuan; Liang, Chenwen; Feng, Jie; Sheng, Liwei; Huang, H. K.

2006-03-01

As a governmental regulation, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was issued to protect the privacy of health information that identifies individuals who are living or deceased. HIPAA requires security services supporting implementation features: Access control; Audit controls; Authorization control; Data authentication; and Entity authentication. These controls, which proposed in HIPAA Security Standards, are Audit trails here. Audit trails can be used for surveillance purposes, to detect when interesting events might be happening that warrant further investigation. Or they can be used forensically, after the detection of a security breach, to determine what went wrong and who or what was at fault. In order to provide security control services and to achieve the high and continuous availability, we design the HIPAA-Compliant Automatic Monitoring System for RIS-Integrated PACS operation. The system consists of two parts: monitoring agents running in each PACS component computer and a Monitor Server running in a remote computer. Monitoring agents are deployed on all computer nodes in RIS-Integrated PACS system to collect the Audit trail messages defined by the Supplement 95 of the DICOM standard: Audit Trail Messages. Then the Monitor Server gathers all audit messages and processes them to provide security information in three levels: system resources, PACS/RIS applications, and users/patients data accessing. Now the RIS-Integrated PACS managers can monitor and control the entire RIS-Integrated PACS operation through web service provided by the Monitor Server. This paper presents the design of a HIPAA-compliant automatic monitoring system for RIS-Integrated PACS Operation, and gives the preliminary results performed by this monitoring system on a clinical RIS-integrated PACS.

Report on Quality Control Review of the Deloitte & Touche, LLP and Defense Contract Audit Agency FY 2008 Single Audit of The Aerospace Corporation

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-10-29

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Review of Special Standards in Quality Management Systems Audits in Automotive Production

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Šurinová, Yulia

2013-12-01

Quality management systems (QMS) in automotive industry generally have several differences in comparison with other industrial branches. Different customers have their own specific requirements, including requirements for quality audits. Audits are one of the coretools of quality management to make the PDCA (Plan - Do - Check - Act) cycle work. As a matter of fact, compliance with ISO/TS 16949:2009 requirements is a condition for supplying the automotive industry. However, there are some standards which co-exist together with the ISO 9001 based management systems and technical specification for QMS in automotive ISO/TS16949. Which are those specific standards in automotive industry and what standard to use and why - those are the questions to be answered in this paper. The aim of the paper is to review what standards are used for audits implementation in automotive industry in the Slovak Republic, and why the organizations keep following those "extra" standards even if certification for ISO/TS 16949 is required by all the car makers. The paper is structured as follows: after short introduction to the topic and related terms, presented is our methodology. . In the third section, the achieved results are discussed. And finally, the principal findings of the paper, limitations and conclusions are presented.

An audit of ECT in England 2011-2015: Usage, demographics, and adherence to guidelines and legislation.

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Read, John; Harrop, Christopher; Geekie, Jim; Renton, Julia

2017-10-20

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) continues to be used in England, but without comprehensive national auditing. Therefore, information was gathered on usage, demographics, consent, and adherence to the guidelines of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (N.I.C.E.) and to the Mental Health Act. Freedom of Information Act requests were sent to 56 National Health Service Trusts. Thirty-two trusts provided some usable data. Only 10 were able to report how many people received psychological therapy prior to ECT in accordance with N.I.C.E. recommendations, with figures ranging from 0% to 100%. The number of people currently receiving ECT in England annually is between 2,100 and 2,700, and falling. There was a 12-fold difference between the Trusts with the highest and lowest usage rates per capita. Most recipients are still women (66%) and over 60 (56%). More than a third (39%) is given without consent, with 30% of Trusts not adhering to mental health legislation concerning second opinions. At least 44% were not using validated measures of efficacy, and at least 33% failed to do so for adverse effects. Only four provided any actual data for positive outcomes or adverse effects. None provided any data on efficacy beyond the end of treatment. National audits should be reinstated. Independent, objective monitoring of adverse effects is urgently required. An investigation into why ECT is still administered excessively to older people and women seems long overdue. Mental health staff should seek to ensure that all depressed people in their service are offered evidence-based psychological treatments before being offered E.C.T. Staff should lobby managers to ensure proper auditing of E.C.T. within their service Individuals receiving ECT should be closely monitored for adverse cognitive effects Overuse of ECT with women and older people should be avoided. © 2017 The British Psychological Society.

[Audit of general hospitals and private surgical clinics in Israel].

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Freund, Ruth; Dor, Michael; Lotan, Yoram; Haver, Eitan

2007-12-01

Supervision and inspection of medical facilities are among the responsibilities of the Ministry of Health (MOH) anchored in the "Public Health Act 1940". In order to implement the law, the General Medical Division of the MOH began the process of auditing hospitals and private surgical clinics prior to considering the reissue of their license. The audit aimed to implement the law, activate supervision on general hospitals and private surgical clinics, provide feed-back to the audited institution and upgrade quality assurance, regulate medical activities according to the activities elaborated in the license and recommend the license renewal. Prior to the audits, 20 areas of activity were chosen for inspection. For each activity a check list was developed as a tool for inspection. Each area was inspected during a 4-5 hour visit by a MOH expert, accompanied by the local service manager in the institution under inspection. A comprehensive report, summarizing the findings was sent to the medical institute, requesting correction in those areas where improvements were needed. Recommendation for license renewal was sent to the Director of Licensing Division Ministry of Health. Between June 2003 and July 2006, 91 structured audits took place. A total of 47 general hospitals and 24 private surgical clinics were visited at least once. Most general hospitals were found abiding, functioning according to the required standards and eligible for license renewal. Licenses of institutions that complied with the standards determined by the audit teams, were renewed. Two private hospitals in central Israel, that were given an overall poor evaluation, were issued with a temporary license and subsequently re-audited 4 times over the next two years. Generally, the standards in private surgical clinics were lower than those found in general public hospitals. In one clinic the license was not renewed, and in another an order was issued to cease surgical procedures requiring general anesthesia. The evaluations were mainly qualitative, deliberately avoiding numerical rating. In order to improve the process in the future and facilitate common scale rating to establish an equitable comparison system between institutions, it will be necessary to develop more quality measures and compulsory standards, based on the measures used during the first round of audits. Publication of the results of such comparisons, will elevate medical performance, and ultimately improve the quality of services and medical care in Israel.

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To amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to provide for Debbie Smith grants for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs, and for other purposes.

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Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX

2012-05-24

Senate - 01/02/2013 Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status Passed HouseHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

10 CFR 455.2 - Definitions.

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48 CFR 13.006 - Inapplicable provisions and clauses.

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