Sentences with phrase «audit reviews government»

SECURING AUSTRALIA»S FUTURE: As the Commission of Audit reviews government activity and spending, The Conversation's experts take a closer look at key policy areas tied to this funding — what's working, what's not and where current funds are best spent.

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For example, simplified acquisitions, which involve contracts below $ 750,000 (in disaster zones), don't require a clause allowing the government to audit costs and review records to evaluate the company's performance.

«A Labour government will call in the National Audit Office to urgently review Universal Credit to see what can be salvaged from the shambles which David Cameron and Iain Duncan Smith have left.»

Aspects relating to audits of firms in a bid to narrow the gender pay gap are still under review by the government, however, with an eye to avoiding placing any new demands on British business as the economy emerges from recession.

«A Labour government will call in the National Audit Office to review universal credit.

That conclusion, based on a full but complicated analysis of every possible measurement ¬ — complaints to Ombudsfolk, audit reports of all kinds, measurement of times and numbers, review of agency work and outsourcing — stands up against every possible reservation, such as the argument that costs and complaints would have risen even more had the reforms not been undertaken, or that social change made it necessary for government to run faster to stand still.

- Administering the New York State and Local Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owners;

The comptroller is the sole trustee of a $ 184.5 billion pension fund covering more than 1 million government workers and retirees, and oversees an office with more than 2,600 employees that audits state and local governments, administers state government's $ 15 billion payroll, and reviews contracts and issues debt.

In 2012, the National Audit Office (NAO) was commissioned to investigate the impact that central government funding had on meeting increased demand as the rise in the number of children born in England between 2001 and 2011 was the largest ten - year increase since the 1950s and the legacy of previous Comprehensive Spending Reviews was impacting on available funding.

• School Expansion, Growth & Strategic Planning • State and Federal Employment Law • School Board and Nonprofit Governance • Administrative Law & Appeals of State and Federal Agency Decisions and Actions • Special Investigations & Legal / Compliance Audits • Policy Guidance and Development • Constitutional Challenges and Claims • School Employee and School Board Training • Litigation in Federal and State Courts • Administrative Hearings and Appeals Before State and Federal Agencies • Public Entity Purchasing and Procurement; Business Transactions; & Contract Negotiation, Review and Drafting • Construction Law, AIA Construction Contracts, Review and Drafting • Real Estate Transactions and Condemnation • Special Education under IDEA and Section 504 • Student Rights & Discipline Issues and Hearings • State and Federal Claims of Discrimination • State and Federal Civil Rights • Administrative Grievances and Hearings • False Claims Act / Qui Tam Defense for Local Government Entities

So if the Government is unwilling to consider a review of the Code of Practice but needs to assuage public outcry about the LDH, the only strategic recourse was conduct an audit and not an investigation.

In 2014, the Committee on Climate Change will also report its advice ahead of a Government review later in 2014 on whether the Fourth Carbon Budget (2023 - 2027) should be relaxed in light of a weak EU Emissions Trading System carbon price (a concern covered in the Environmental Audit Committee's 2011 report).

(ii) See Annex VII to Report of the Panel of Experts Appointed pursuant to Security Council resolution 1408 (2002), paragraph 26, concerning Liberia, S / 2002/1115 (iii) The audit contract is the Liberian government's second attempt to comply with an order issued in May by Security Council resolution S / 2002/470, which called for a review of two key government sources of income: the shipping and corporate registries, and the timber industry.

Many of our clients are subject to affirmative action obligations based on their government contracts and subcontracts and we are experienced in drafting and reviewing affirmative action plans and in representing clients with regard to Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs audits.

In a previous post, I reviewed the BC Government's launch of the Justice Reform Initiative which includes a Green Paper on Modernizing BC's Justice System, an internal audit of legal aid, and the launch of a new website on court information and statistics.

Provides for an internal audit of warrantless requests that will go to a government minister and oversight review body.

Representation has included assistance with acquisitions of and affiliations with health care facilities; hospital - physician joint ventures; tax and executive compensation; physician contracting activities; reimbursement matters, including Medicare and Medicaid audits and investigations; peer review proceedings; development of corporate compliance programs; government contracting and risk management.

Was Consultant Editor of the Local Government Reports; edited Audit Commission Act 1998 for Current Law Statutes; and is on the Editorial Board of «Judicial Review».

Our Asia practice includes successful representations involving: (i) numerous companies of varying size, both publicly traded and privately held, in connection with FCPA - related internal investigations and government enforcement actions involving the DOJ, the SEC, and multiple foreign enforcement agencies, (ii) numerous publicly - traded companies» boards of directors, audit committees, and special committees of the board, with regard to the conduct of internal reviews of securities disclosure and accounting concerns and other compliance, enforcement or regulatory matters, and (iii) U.S. and Chinese companies in connection with private plaintiff and U.S. government antitrust litigation and investigations, including providing advice on dealing with Chinese government antitrust investigations and enforcement actions.

Tax Examiners undertake the responsibility to review returns, lead audits, and to collect overdue taxes so that local, state, and federal government receives revenues, from businesses and individuals.

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A recent review by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) on the federal governments Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) found the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet had not implemented the Strategy effectively, and the grants administration processes ``... fell far short of the standard required to manage billions of dollars of funding.»