Goodbye, Fredo

It was Alberto Gonzales' last day as attorney general. So what better way to end his embarrassing tenure than with a DOJ inspector general audit. From the AP (thanks to TPM Reader HL for the tip): An internal Justice audit, released Friday ... organization. An audit ordered by Senate Democrats. A suspiciously timed resignation by an assistant [more...]

Date: 2007-09-15 01:47:01
Blog: Talking Points Memo...

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Importance of Monitoring

Importance of Monitoring Senior management and boards of directors have started asking internal audit departments to help them gain a better ... . This is an area ripe with opportunity for internal audit shops that are looking for new ways to add value [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 13:33:12
Blog: KnowledgeLeader - A Res...

Department of Justice Spends Millions on Munchies

Department of Justice Spends Millions on Munchies Posted in Chronicle Blog by Scott Morgan on Tue, 09/18/2007 - 8: ... legitimate pain doctors on an empty stomach: An internal Justice audit, released Friday, showed ... , according to the audit by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine. AP As galling [more...]

Date: 2007-09-19 01:22:13
Blog: Raising awareness of th...

Senior Auditor (Pascua Yaqui Tribe)

NATURE OF WORK: Under limited general direction, performs complex level professional internal audit work including leading and conducting financial, compliance and operational auditing work considerable difficulty or the Pascua Yaqui Tribe enterprises, go Location: Tucson, AZ Pay Range: $53,807/Year Source: Jobs.net [more...]

Date: 2007-08-23 19:03:07
Blog: Federal Job Listing Bl...

Hecticity (Is That Even A Word?)

If not, it should be. I can't think of a better way to describe the current state of everything ... to get the store staffed with some good people, while at the same time trying to stay ready for an internal audit and a visit from Area-level Directors. The audit -- which occurs every single month in my store [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 14:08:38
Blog: Average Joe American...

BUSINESS

BUSINESS Channeling a Children’s World Russia’s first chidren’s television channel Telenyanya was launched on Friday in 66 Russian cities. In St ... The Energy Consulting group of companies and Roedl&Partner international audit company have set up a joint venture they believe will rival the “Big Four” audit companies and offer Russian clients [more...]

Date: 2007-06-05 01:50:07
Blog: The St. Petersburg Time...

IRS Auditing

By: Robert Thomson Everyone hopes that they will never have to endure an audit from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). On the downside, there is a good chance that sometime in your life you will be audited. However, there are a few things you can do to make the process a little easier. It is all about preparation and organizing [more...]

Date: 2007-08-20 21:56:55
Blog: Anythings in Business ...

Wednesday’s political round-up

Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: ... it again.” * John McCain campaign’s financial troubles have been well documented, but apparently ... 2007. On a blogger conference call this week, McCain confirmed that an internal audit is underway “to find [more...]

Date: 2007-08-22 16:00:29
Blog: The Carpetbagger Repor...

HackerSafe seal improves sales at Joann.com

According to Internet Retailer, Joann.com saw a 5.5% increase in revenue after implementing the HackerSafe logo into its site ... options for helping with the internal auditing now required by Visa/Mastercard. 4) HackerSafe ... you have, but you really have no recourse other than cancelling the service. So is this kind of auditing [more...]

Date: 2007-09-28 19:07:56
Blog: Internet Marketing News...

United Nations Reforms Still Needed

Since 2005, the United Nations has been attempting to reform its management processes, ... audit offices that Government Accounting Office reviewed have made progress in implementing international auditing standards, they have not fully implemented key components of the standards [more...]

Date: 2007-06-28 19:23:17
Blog: American Conservative N...

Justice Serves Up $5 Swedish Meatballs

Evan Perez reports on the Justice Department. Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales isn’t getting so much as a brown-bag reception today to mark his final day on the job, but the Justice Department isn’t so frugal when it comes to spending taxpayer money on conferences, an internal audit found. The Justice Department’s inspector [more...]

Date: 2007-09-14 10:21:00
Blog: Washington Wire - WSJ.c...

Dell's internal auditing probe nearly done ... but questions remain

Filed under: Bad news, Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Wal-Mart (WMT)Dell Inc.'s (NASDAQ: DELL) troubles might look like they're turning around ... returned in January -- it recently went back into retail in a partnership with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc ... an investigation into Dell's accounting and financial reporting matters, to which Dell replied [more...]

Date: 2007-06-18 16:00:00
Blog: BloggingStocks...

Prosecutor Paulose’s performance problems

In April, when U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Rachel Paulose was appointed, the controversy was almost immediate ... the probe is still under way. In addition, an internal Justice Department audit completed ... and lacks the requisite experience for the job, said several sources familiar with the audit [more...]

Date: 2007-09-23 20:05:12
Blog: The Carpetbagger Repor...

Government Promises to Self-Audit Spying to Make Powers Permanent

The government wants to keep the wide spying powers Congress gave it in rush legislation this summer, ... will audit themselves and give information to select groups of Congressman, Assistant Attorney ... beyond what the statute requires. It includes rigorous internal agency audits by the agencies using [more...]

Date: 2007-09-11 21:55:22
Blog: Threat Level - Wired Bl...

Needless to say, all of the attendees were in high government positions

If we lived in less dire times, stuff like this Associated Press story yesterday would be the main fodder of this site: ... $4 meatball. An internal Justice audit, released Friday, showed the department spent nearly ... a four-day "Weed and Seed" conference in August 2005, according to the audit by Justice Department [more...]

Date: 2007-09-15 13:57:02
Blog: Needlenose | We Needle....

Enterprise Blog and Wiki Success Story from Traction Software - UK’s National Health Service (NHS) Orkney

I am continuing to speak with providers in the Enterprise 2.0 space better understand their offerings ... support. An internal audit criticized how communication was handled, and IT had to act ... to the point that it was strangling their internal communications. Inboxes got filled up with extraneous [more...]

Date: 2007-08-14 12:38:36
Blog: The FASTForward Blog: E...

In the "where there's smoke there's fire" category

NL spending scandal widens Consider the size of the Newfoundland legislature and it's budget.   Now think of Ottawa. 308 MPs and a budget approaching $500 million per year, accountable only to the Board of Internal ... , a 10 year audit should be sufficiently enlightening. [more...]

Date: 2007-09-14 19:34:03
Blog: Blue Blogging Soapbox...

The Tech 10: Dell Redoes the Math, Skype’s Gripes and H-P Has a Great Q3

Note: John Paczkowski is on vacation and won’t be writing or posting videos until he returns Monday, Aug. 27 ... it will restate financial results after an internal audit finds evidence of irregularities going back ... scandal, Hewlett-Packard reports robust third-quarter earnings, based largely on lower computer [more...]

Date: 2007-08-17 21:55:32
Blog: Digital Daily | John Pa...

The Freedom to LUV My Job

THE FREEDOM TO LUV MY JOB By: Shelley Logan - Culture Activities Representative I am a prime example of the fact that Southwest Airlines gives its ... and Internal Audit here at Headquarters. I enjoyed meeting potential New Hires, and I loved being the first [more...]

Date: 2007-09-27 12:44:15
Blog: Southwest Airlines Blog...

E&Y Has Big Growth Plans for China

Ernst & Young wants to increase its Chinese staff from 8,000 to a whopping 32,000 in ten years, a nearly 400% increase ... hopping is becoming common, and companies are complaining about the shortage of experienced audit ... for international companies and professionals. [more...]

Date: 2007-09-05 00:55:38
Blog: Big Four Blog...

OUTRAGE: Homeland Security Chief Chertoff Allowed Payments to TERRORIST GROUP! Myers In On It?

By Debbie Schlussel Earlier this year, I wrote about a Washington Post article alleging that then-Bush Administration personnel official Julie L. Myers (now head of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement) heavily vetted ... International Inc.'s audit committee, went to the De [more...]

Date: 2007-08-02 15:10:46
Blog: Debbie Schlussel...

Hacker comes clean

Hacker comes clean Hacker comes clean Over a year has passed after David Maynor claimed to have found a method to take over a Macintosh computer ... , laying claim to stumbling across this exploit during an internal audit. If you're interested [more...]

Date: 2007-09-19 16:14:09
Blog: Ubergizmo, The Gadget B...

Internal Audit Executive

Jawatan Kosong Requirements : jawatan kosong (Kuala Lumpur) Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree or Professional Degree in Finance ... for this position, preferably in a large commercial organisation or public accounting film Computer [more...]

Date: 2007-08-26 07:23:21
Blog: jawatan kosong kerajaan...

DHS Data Mining Program Suspended After Evading Privacy Review, Audit Finds

A controversial Homeland Security data mining system called ADVISE that dreamed of searching through trillions of records ... and has been suspended until a privacy review has been completed, according to an internal audit. The Analysis [more...]

Date: 2007-08-20 23:02:14
Blog: Threat Level - Wired Bl...

AUDITING OUT OF CORRUPTION

An international charter -- some widely publicized guidelines that countries can voluntarily adopt -- to give transparency in spending wealth from ... -- spreading the pressure to adopt. Accounting for natural resource revenues would also help poor [more...]

Date: 2007-07-13 13:04:55
Blog: NCPA | A Leader In Prom...

Security Concerns in Wiretapping Tech

4 of 4 people recommend this blog entry. Through a FOIA request, details of the FBI's wiretapping program have been released ... that an internal 2003 audit uncovered numerous security vulnerabilities in DCSNet -- many of which mirror problems [more...]

Date: 2007-08-28 19:07:07
Blog: blogs | TPMCafe...

The rectifier mystery

Why would the CEO of a company take a leave of absence in the midst of an internal investigation? ... has been reached by the audit committee that Dr. Lidow has engaged in any wrongful conduct," the company said in a statement, which sure doesn't make it sound like the guy was leaving just to explore his inner child [more...]

Date: 2007-08-30 21:52:26
Blog: LA Biz Observed: Busine...

Guides

Guides There are over 200 guides available on KnowledgeLeader, covering a wide range of risk management topics, from internal audit to fraud, technology, and security. They range from ‘helpful hints’ [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 13:33:12
Blog: KnowledgeLeader - A Res...

IRS: Dobson's endorsements were legal

DENVER (AP) - Focus on the Family chairman James Dobson has been cleared of accusations that he endangered his organization's nonprofit status by endorsing Republican candidates in 2004, an Internal Revenue Service audit found. [more...]

Date: 2007-09-10 16:03:23
Blog: West Central Tribune...

Executive Tom Gives Green Order

Executive Tom Gives Green Order September 13, 2007 at 12:33 pm by Jay Jochnowitz, ... with law.” Comptroller audits historically have focused on finances and internal controls. State ... , and follow those objectives in purchasing products and services. It calls for an agency audit [more...]

Date: 2007-09-13 16:33:40
Blog: New York Politics Capit...

PWC reaches $225 Million Settlement In Tyco Case

This just in: PricewaterhouseCoopers has agreed to pay $225 million to settle fraud claims relating to the Tyco International securities ... PricewaterhouseCoopers failed in its auditing duties. The settlement with PricewaterhouseCoopers [more...]

Date: 2007-07-06 11:43:00
Blog: Law Blog - WSJ.com ...

DOJ Audit: One Meatball

"You gets no bread with your one meatball." In Department of Justice news: An internal Justice audit, released Friday, showed the department spent nearly $7 million to plan, host or send [more...]

Date: 2007-09-15 21:27:07
Blog: TalkLeft: The Politics ...

“Time After Time”

“Time After Time” Oct 7th, 2007 by cibol Annyeonghaseyo! ... will be a start of a new week of work and more work to come. Did I mentioned that internal audit is going to take [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 13:21:13
Blog: A Life Less Ordinary...

More but less

“Roti kosong dua” (two plain pratta) “Minum?” (drinks?) “Ais kosong” (plain water) ... 2nd in the international auditing world. I was given the impression that I am fortunate [more...]

Date: 2007-07-23 13:16:10
Blog: As Zewt As It Gets...

PDF's importance

PDF's importance: Mary Jo Foley has a stat I haven't seen elsewhere, about how institutions and enterprise work with documents today: "IDC asked: ... 75 percent is dominant." (I saw another stat today, in internal email, that did a consumer audit [more...]

Date: 2007-08-27 21:40:29
Blog: JD on EP...

Friday Flim-Flam

Got this one earlier. FROM THE DESK OF MR.ABRAHIM MUSA AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AFRICA, OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO, WEST AFRICA. (READ CAREFULLY AND TOP KEEP [more...]

Date: 2007-07-21 03:57:37
Blog: Shadowscope ...

Layered Technologies hacked, 6000 accounts compromised

Layered Technologies hacked, 6000 accounts compromised September 19th, 2007 Breaking: ... audit of internal processes and procedures. Due to the significant amount of uncertainty [more...]

Date: 2007-09-19 04:02:42
Blog: Venturecake ...

Roundtables discuss Russian business standards

ALTHOUGH RUSSIA HAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S FASTEST growing economies, ... standards and business practices, internal auditing will be strengthened.” The roundtables [more...]

Date: 2007-08-23 05:44:09
Blog: Business Industries Onl...

LOST IN SPACE

(by TOM FINNIGAN / Source : Heritage Foundation – Washington) ... years. The GAO audit, which found significant deficiencies in NASA’s “internal controls,” makes [more...]

Date: 2007-08-03 10:38:58
Blog: EUROPEUS...

Intl Rectifier: Rev Recognition Issues; Restatement Likely; Analyst Meeting Postponed; Stock Swoons

International Rectifer (IRF) this morning announced that its audit committee has turned up “accounting irregularities at a foreign subsidiary” ... there have been “material weaknesses in the internal controls over financial reporting” at the unspecified [more...]

Date: 2007-04-09 15:42:38
Blog: Tech Trader Daily - Bar...

Rentokil's Weapon of Mouse Destruction

Rentokil's RADAR is a mousetrap with a difference: it not only lures them in, ... and even offers an "audit trail," just like one of those internal finance control systems. Rentokil RADAR [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 14:08:19
Blog: Wired Blogs: Gadget Lab...

CEO Put on Leave Following Audit

Two months after International Rectifier fired its CFO, its CEO goes on a leave of absence while the company looks into accounting irregularities. [more...]

Date: 2007-08-27 05:38:13
Blog: CFO.com - News and Insi...

UN-frickin’-believable

Another twofer: First, from Opinion Journal: “Axis of Soros: The men and motives behind the World Bank coup attempt”: Mr ... an audit of the U.N.’s peacekeeping procurement by its Office of Internal Oversight Services ... by his billionaire friend George Soros. A former World Bank official himself and ally of soon-to-be British [more...]

Date: 2007-05-11 22:24:28
Blog: protein wisdom...

Short Takes

Here's the full story + discussion Focus On Falsehood: Religious Right's Dobson Spins Whoppers About AU By Rob BostonTue Sep 11, 2007 at 12:17: ... ! Yesterday Dobson announced that the Internal Revenue Service has cleared FOF of allegations ... 12 month audit of Focus on the Family and Dr. James C. Dobson by affirming that the organization [more...]

Date: 2007-09-16 08:57:05
Blog: Talk To Action | Reclai...

The World Bank Kangaroo Court

05/07 11:25 AM Friday, May 04, 2007 "Glimmer of Optimism" ... "skimmed" Hollinger International Inc.'s financial statements while running the company's audit ... for the prosecution at the trial of Conrad Black. This week, the Financial Times seconded Steyn's observations [more...]

Date: 2007-05-07 16:25:58
Blog: David Frum's Diary on N...

Sony Ericsson revamping to attain status as top three vendor

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications this week eliminated one job in its North American operations—sidelining VP for Corporate Communications Cherie ... , Merran Wrigley, director of corporate public relations, said the move was part of an ongoing audit ... aspiration,” Wrigley said, given Motorola Inc.’s recent woes. “This has led to internal [more...]

Date: 2007-09-05 09:27:27
Blog: Just Another Mobile Pho...

SaaS adds up better with eXpresso’s hosted solution for Excel collaboration

With over 150 million business users worldwide, Microsoft’s Excel has become a de facto standard for vast sets of business information and ... and coordinate updated internal Excel information, sometimes from hundreds of far-flung users. Those ... an audit trail of who changed what and when, and even to allow the spreadsheet owner to roll back [more...]

Date: 2007-09-17 13:43:19
Blog: | Dana Gardner’s Brief...

Page 1 Consider (07/17)

This Should Be Some Audit: A 63-year-old transsexual in suburban Boston is suing the Internal Revenue Service for disallowing her to write off her $25,000 sex-reassignment surgery. Rhiannon O'Donnabhain (finally, an Irish tranny!), who says she lived a tormented existence as a father, a husband, a Coast Guardsman, and a construction worker [more...]

Date: 2007-07-17 07:43:21
Blog: kenneth in the (212)...

Pulling Back the Lid on Colorado School Financial Accountability

Pulling Back the Lid on Colorado School Financial Accountability Filed under: General, Education — Ben @ 10: ... and other agencies have many good internal financial controls. But state policy makers can do a lot ... a formal audit of Centennial BOCES? Let me make something clear: the overwhelming majority of people [more...]

Date: 2007-05-04 16:39:19
Blog: Mount Virtus...

Aerospace industrial sector manager AS9100 Lead auditor

OBJECTIVE To experience new challenges in an international Customeroriented environment using technical and commercial expertise ... of Customers. TL9000 Certification Lead Auditing. The position entails project management and audit [more...]

Date: 2007-08-24 20:14:07
Blog: Space Careers, the lead...

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