Sentences with phrase «federal auditor»

The committee had been expected to vote in May on a motion calling for the federal Auditor General to audit the awarding and management of the relocation contracts, but indications now are that any vote will be delayed until the judicial review process has been completed.

Consent of aboriginals, provincial domain over the environment, the TOTAL failure of the federal government to meet its environmental obligations (as documented by the federal auditor).

There was lots of legal fodder in the spring report from the federal auditor general as it raised questions about the country's overcrowded prisons and the state of pensions for public servants.

The Ontario Auditor General or the Federal Auditor General should audit the Case Management System in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Family Branch, follow the money and name names.

Canada's federal auditor general, Michael Ferguson, worked with his counterparts in nearly every provincial government.

Yes, I'm starting to gather the impressions of others on whether we can get an investigation by our Federal Auditor - General.

Something known as the «Little Egypt Bump» took advantage of depreciation charges during mergers and raised eyebrows at the federal Auditor - General's office as far back as 1986.

OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency is unable to adequately assess and track potentially millions of tax cheats in the country because of lack of resources, and weak oversight and enforcement practices, the federal Auditor - General said Tuesday.

Dustin now works as a federal auditor focusing on veteran's healthcare.

Canada's federal auditor general, Michael Ferguson, worked with his counterparts in nearly every provincial government.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- In an abrupt reversal, the US military on Tuesday said it made a mistake when it ordered an independent federal auditor to stop providing the public with information about US war efforts in Afghanistan that help to measure how the 16 - year - old stalemated war is going.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Pentagon has ordered an independent federal auditor to stop providing the public with key information about US war efforts in Afghanistan, accelerating a clampdown on data, such as the size of the Afghan military and police forces, that indicate how the 16 - year - old stalemated war is going.

Between 2011 and 2016, the number of unauthorized taps discovered on Mexico's fuel lines nearly quintupled, according to a recent report by the federal auditor.

While the number of full - time employees at HUD declined under his watch, Mr. Cuomo also added hundreds of high - paid positions as part of his «Community Builders» program, which came under withering criticism from HUD's veteran field staffs, federal auditors, and Republican lawmakers in Washington.

Mr. Honig has «engaged in a pattern of activity» aiding the Quality Education Project, a nonprofit parent - involvement organization rounded by Nancy Honig, a preliminary report by federal auditors charges.

California's SIG program ran into problems three years ago when federal auditors discovered that many early participating schools were not spending the money.

Federal auditors will focus attention in 2013 on selected recipients of grants issued under the Race to the Top competition, Vocational Rehabilitation State Grant Program and the Investing in Innovation fund.

The federal auditors found that the federal government has not undertaken strategic government - wide planning to manage climate risks by using information on the potential economic effects of climate change to identify significant risks and craft appropriate federal responses.

Not exact matches

When Auditor General Michael Ferguson prodded Finance Canada last fall to make such comprehensive forecasts available to the public, the department politely declined, noting that «the federal government is not accountable for the fiscal situation of the provinces and territories.»

Although the Auditor General concludes that the federal government's finances are sustainable over the long term, he raises a number of important issues in his report.

As a general rule, auditors general are a courteous bunch, so their report makes room for an official response to their critiques from the country's federal and provincial deputy ministers of the environment.

The Auditor General recommends that the Government honour its 2007 Budget commitment and publish fiscal sustainability reports for both the federal government and provincial governments, on a regular basis.

In a round of interviews after the auditors» report was released, federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna argued in effect that the report is out of date.

The Auditor General has also recommended that the federal government provided long - term sustainability analyses for the total government sector.

And it did so only after the Auditor General of Canada brought this issue to light.However, it only released information relating to the federal government, even though it promised in 2007 to present analyses on the total government sector.

HUD spokesman Brian Sullivan said the auditor's report showed the number of reverse - mortgage foreclosures was putting financial pressure on the Federal Housing Administration's insurance fund.

The Auditor General has raised a number of these issues in her «Observations» on the federal government's financial statements but little progress has been made to date.

In July 2017, a federal judge in California sided with Google, saying the agency was requesting far more information than it needed to do the audit, and told auditors to narrow their request.

In that vein, Joe Rospars has likened the Obama analytics team to the Government Accountability Agency, which acts as an auditor and watchdog for the federal government.

The Federal Civil Service Commission has approved the appointment of Florence Anyanwu as the acting Auditor - General of the Federation

Donald Hoffman, an independing auditor for the Town of Oyster Bay, took the stand Monday in the federal corruption trial of former town supervisor John Venditto and former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.

The auditor from the Port Jefferson Station - based Cullen & Danowski, LLP took the stand in the federal corruption trial of former town supervisor John Venditto, former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and his wife, Linda — now in its ninth week in Central Islip.

He also stated that the association was excited by the progress made in the amendment of the Constitution by the National Assembly, adding that the «exercise would greatly remove all constitutional impediments on the granting of autonomy through financial and administrative independence to the Office of the Auditors - General at the federal, state and local governments in the country.»

Stringer's auditors identified problems at 141 of the 156 polling sites they examined during last year's general election and federal and local primaries.

Sometimes a state auditor or the General Accountability Office at the federal level, will also make recommendations.

Presented with this critique, the attorney general's office responded that, among other uses of analytics, it examines datasets drawn from federal filings and other sources «to determine common links» between «problem organizations,» like common addresses, auditors, or consultants.

Last week, a firm of auditors revealed that out of the sum of $ 6.4 billion realised from the sale of crude oil and gas by the Federal Government in the first quarter of 2016 the NNPC remitted only $ 2 billion to the Federation Account and withheld the colossal sum of $ 4.2 billion.

But in a bid to cover up the scandal the Federal Government ensured that the auditors were denied access to vital documents.

We are now nearly seven days into our field audit by the Federal Election Commission, and we have a clearer picture of what to expect from our auditors.

We rely upon our full - time staff of attorneys, forensic accountants, research analysts, field investigators and computer forensics experts to staff these assignments, and we work collaboratively with our business clients to develop an investigative plan that is appropriate to the suspected misconduct... Since most of our investigative professionals have had experience in federal, state and local law enforcement — as prosecutors, auditors and agents — our investigative strategies are developed with an understanding of the evidence that may be needed to support an eventual criminal prosecution.»

The mayor invited Syracuse's state and federal representatives, members of the city council and county legislature, the city auditor, the county comptroller and the county executive to attend.

I don't expect every state will join, at least not soon, so the federal government's additional responsibility is to maintain NAEP as the external auditor of all states.

A former systems auditor in the Department of Education's inspector general's office was sentenced May 12 to five months in federal prison for placing tracking software on a supervisor's computer that allowed him to view the supervisor's e-mail and Internet activity.

In contrast, if a district used state and local funds to cover one teacher per 25 students in its non-Title I schools, but only got to that same ratio in its Title I schools through a combination of federal Title I dollars along with state and local funds, the auditor would — in keeping with the letter and spirit of the new law — find the district in violation.

Mississippi has 13 accountant / auditors and 10 positions dealing with «education and school food services» paid with federal funds.

He has worked in the federal government for over 20 years as an accountant / auditor and has also volunteers in youth sports and recreation as a coach, official and administrator.

Further, public charter schools must submit annual financial audits conducted by independent auditors to the Texas Education Agency and comply with federal financial standards

We represent our clients in both state and federal courts and before state and federal administrative agencies such as the Texas Education Agency, State Board of Education, Texas Attorney General, Texas State Auditor, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Secretary of State, Texas Department of Agriculture, the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas Commission on Human Rights, the Department of Education / Office of Civil Rights, Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Health & Human Services, Department of Justice and various other federal agencies.

While employed by the federal government I held many positions, such as purchasing specialist, contract officer, auditor, and telecommunications engineer.

«We have 350 auditors, and we are constantly dealing with changes [in federal rules] and corrections,» Peifer said.