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Audit Commission Signs Thus For Next-gen Network
News Thus has inked a £5m deal with the Audit Commission to supply the government agency with a next-generation network. The Audit Commission will also be able to use their next-generation network for video conferencing to aid teleworking.
[May 5, 2006, 15:20]
Another Name And Shame Campaign For Y2K Laggards
News Margaret Beckett, leader of the House of Commons confirmed that the Audit Commission will publish details of local government preparedness in the spring of 1999. Some local government bodies are falling short of the Audit Commissions benchmark for...
[December 2, 1998, 17:17]
Local Authorities Slam Action 2000's Naming 'n Shaming
News These six borough and district councils have been named by the Audit Commission as failing to come up to scratch in their Y2K plans. John McGowan, senior policy officer at Warwick District Council slammed the government, Action 2000 and the audit...
[July 12, 1999, 15:40]
Manager's Guide To Performance Management
White Papers This paper aims to raise awareness and understanding of performance management by building on the joint knowledge and experience of the IDeA and the Audit Commission and the good work already going on in local authorities.
[April 29, 2005, 0:00]
Poor IT Hindering Crime Fighting
News Police forces in England and Wales are suffering from "outdated and overstretched" crime recording systems, with many failing to meet Home Office data standards, according to an Audit Commission report.
[December 23, 2004, 15:30]
Members' Guide To Performance Management
White Papers It builds on the joint knowledge and experience of the IDeA and the Audit Commission and the good practice developed by members in local authorities. It summarises the key messages from recent IDeA and Audit Commission publications and includes...
[April 29, 2005, 0:00]
A Year Ago: Local Authorities Slam Action 2000's Naming 'n Shaming
News These six borough and district councils have been named by the Audit Commission as failing to come up to scratch in their Y2K plans. John McGowan, senior policy officer at Warwick District Council slammed the government, Action 2000 and the audit...
[July 13, 2000, 8:00]
Watchdog: Protecting Data Is Not 'rocket Science'
News For auditing purposes, [the National Audit Office] didn't need the names of the people. It emerged in Parliament on Tuesday that the National Audit Office had not in fact requested the names, addresses, dates of birth, national insurance numbers...
[November 22, 2007, 13:43]
Online Porn Abuse Rife In Public Sector
News A culture of complacency is being blamed for a significant rise in the number of public sector staff caught accessing pornography on computers at work, according to a new report by public spending watchdog the Audit Commission.
[June 10, 2005, 10:10]
South Oxfordshire District Council - A New Approach To Performance Management
White Papers Staff were submitting their statutory Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPI's) to the Audit Commission and achieving their targets. In 2001, South Oxfordshire District Council was dissatisfied with its level of performance.
[April 28, 2005, 0:00]
Modern Procurement Practice In Local Government: Local Performance Indicators For Procurement
White Papers This set of local performance indicators has been developed through the Library of Local Performance Indicators (IDeA and Audit Commission) with the Society of Procurement Officers (SOPO) and a wide group of stakeholders in local government...
[April 29, 2005, 0:00]
Southampton City Council: Procurement Strategy
White Papers The Audit Commission considers that procurement is more than just buying goods and services or outsourcing. Every public or private sector organisation needs to think and plan at a strategic level how it organises the way in which it delivers...
[May 3, 2005, 0:00]
Safeguarding Financial Privacy With Enterprise Single Sign-On: One Step In Assuring That Service Providers Protect Your Customers' Personal Financial Data
White Papers Their governing bodies, which can range from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) must periodically audit and enforce compliance through examinations that can result in fines for non-compliance.
[May 9, 2005, 0:00]
International Network Services Case Study: Large Service Provider
White Papers The firm had to comply with both internal audit policies and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations, but the only previous options to obtain this required information were costly, time-consuming and inadequate.
[March 23, 2005, 23:00]
North East Derbyshire District Council - Review Of The Council's Corporate Procurement Strategy By The Scrutiny (1) Committee
White Papers The Audit Commission had also recommended a timescale for a review of support arrangements and there was a member lead on the revision of the council's corporate objectives and priorities. Why should a council decide to review procurement?
[April 28, 2005, 0:00]
Getting Better Value From Local Government Information Technology
White Papers The study presented in this paper has examined a representative sample of Inspections carried out by the Audit Commission into Best Value Reviews of Information Technology held by Local Authorities in England over a period of two years.
[May 4, 2006, 0:00]
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Getting Ready For Your Audit
White Papers Therefore, IT controls will be externally audited, and a statement of control verified by the audit must now appear in annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 will have a significant...
[December 17, 2004, 23:00]
Order Effects On Auditor Materiality Judgments: The Impact Of Qualitative Information
White Papers Materiality, on auditors' willingness to revise evaluative materiality thresholds subsequent to the completion of audit fieldwork. If financial reporting risk (the risk of failing to report misstatements appropriately) is present in an audit...
[March 31, 2005, 0:00]
How Enterprise Single Sign-on Can Help You Survive A Sarbanes-Oxley Audit
White Papers However, organizations are now discovering that Enterprise Single Sign-on (ESSO) technology can offer an affordable and easy-to-implement means of fulfilling requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance audit while also strengthening application and...
[July 6, 2007, 0:00]
SEC's Latest Proposed Rules Under Sarbanes-Oxley
White Papers The SEC went further than S-Ox required with respect to audit committee composition disclosure and by modifying the required CEO/CFO certifications previously adopted by the SEC. Securities and Exchange Commission has released several proposed...
[March 23, 2005, 23:00]
